Blimp

Other forms: Blimps

Definitions of Blimp
  1. noun
    any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
    synonyms: Colonel Blimp
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    type of:
    extreme right-winger, reactionary, ultraconservative
    an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
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