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BLIGHTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A boy or man
Example:
he's a good bloke
Synonyms:
blighter; bloke; chap; cuss; fella; feller; fellow; gent; lad
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blighter" is a kind of...):
male; male person (a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blighter"):
dog (informal term for a man)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A persistently annoying person
Synonyms:
blighter; cuss; gadfly; pest; pesterer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("blighter" is a kind of...):
persecutor; tormenter; tormentor (someone who torments)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blighter"):
