Usually means: Outdated, pompous, obstinate conservative officer.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. Colonel Blimp: Merriam-Webster
  2. Colonel Blimp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Colonel Blimp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Colonel Blimp: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Colonel Blimp: Vocabulary.com
  6. Colonel Blimp, Colonel blimp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Colonel Blimp: Wiktionary
  8. Colonel Blimp: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. colonel blimp: Dictionary.com
  10. Colonel Blimp, Colonel blimp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Colonel blimp: Rhymezone
  12. colonel blimp: FreeDictionary.org
  13. colonel blimp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Colonel Blimp: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. Colonel Blimp: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Colonel Blimp: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. colonel blimp, colonel blimp: A Word A Day
  2. Colonel Blimp: Idioms
  3. Colonel Blimp: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Colonel Blimp)

▸ noun:  (British) A stereotype of a pompous, ex-military middle-aged man, conservative and opposed to new ideas.

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blimp, blazer, Bliar, Old Bill, Blairista, Barney, bloviator, blower, bloater, broadbrim, more...

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, more...

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Similar:
blimp, blazer, Bliar, Old Bill, Blairista, Barney, bloviator, blower, bloater, broadbrim, more...

Phrases:
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, more...



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