BLIGHTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Blighty mean? 

• BLIGHTY (noun)
  The noun BLIGHTY has 1 sense:

1. a slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad

  Familiarity information: BLIGHTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLIGHTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slang term for Great Britain used by British troops serving abroad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("Blighty" is a kind of...):

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)