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blighter Definition


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blighter
noun
    colloq:
    old use:
    1. (often used as a term of mild abuse) a scoundrel or contemptible person, usually a man.
    2. A fellow, especially a man one feels some sympathy for or envy of.
      Example: poor old blighter
      Example: lucky blighter
Etymology: 19c: originally and literally ‘something that blights'.



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