Definition of "albatross" []

• Any of several large web-footed birds constituting the family Diomedeidae, chiefly of the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere, and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings. (noun)
• A constant, worrisome burden. (noun)
• An obstacle to success. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Mason says, if elected, he would do a better job in fighting corruption, which he describes as the albatross that has been hanging around the neck of Liberia."
• "BASH (voice-over): Those prejudices led to what he calls his albatross, briefly joining the Ku Klux Klan."
• "Together we will forever destroy America and this Healthcare albatross is just the start."