Blighter

Full definition of blighter

Noun

1. One who blights.
2. (British, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
• 1911, Fergus Hume, Red Money, ch. 10:"If 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."
• 1919, Anthony Hope, The Secret of the Tower, ch. 7:He knew that the old blighter had to be humored in certain small ways.
• 1923, , The Inimitable Jeeves:I tackled the blighter squarely.
• 2012 March 27, David Seidler, "The King's Speech play: At last, my crowning moment...," The Independent (UK) (retrieved 27 Dec 2012)Translation: there's still some hope for you, poor stammering blighter.

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