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plural blighters
One who blights. examples
(British, Ireland, Commonwealth, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner. examples
A man or child, especially an annoying one. quotations examples
"[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."
1911, Fergus Hume, chapter 10, in Red Money
He knew that the old blighter had to be humored in certain small ways.
1919, Anthony Hope, chapter 7, in The Secret of the Tower
I tackled the blighter squarely.
1923, P. G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves
Translation: there's still some hope for you, poor stammering blighter.
2012 March 27, David Seidler, “The King's Speech play: At last, my crowning moment...”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 27 December 2012