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blighter

noun [C]
 
/ˈblaɪ.tər/ US  /-t̬ɚ/ UK old-fashioned informal

Definition

a man or child, especially an annoying one: The little blighters next door have trampled all over my flowers again.Unpleasant menUnpleasant people in general
(Definition of blighter noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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