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blighter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun blighter has 2 senses
- blighter(n = noun.person) cuss, gadfly, pest, pesterer - a persistently annoying person; Array has particulars: nudnick, nudnik
- blighter(n = noun.person) bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad - a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" is a kind of male, male person
is a kind of persecutor, tormenter, tormentor
has particulars: dog
OXFORD DICTIONARY
blighter, n. Brit. colloq. a person (esp. as a term of contempt or disparagement).
Etymology
BLIGHT + -ER(1)
THESAURUS
blighter
Bowery bum, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, derelict, devil, drifter, drunkard, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, hobo, human wreck, lowlife, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mucker, no-good, pauvre diable, pilgarlic, poor creature, poor devil, sad case, sad sack, skid-row bum, stiff, sundowner, swagman, tramp, truant, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vaurien, wastrel, worm, worthless fellow, wretch
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