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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
One who blights.
"[I]f I had known that Pine was such a blighter as to leave me nothing, I'm hanged if I'd have allowed him to be buried in such decent company."
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
A man or child, especially an annoying one.
I tackled the blighter squarely.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, often, disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
He knew that the old blighter had to be humored in certain small ways.
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