1. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
   "The telemarketer became a real blighter, calling multiple times a day";
   - pest, cuss [informal], pesterer, gadfly, vexer, annoyer
    
2. A boy or man
   "that blighter is your host";
   - chap [Brit, informal], fellow, feller [non-standard], fella [informal], lad [informal], gent [informal], cuss [informal], bloke [Brit, informal], boyo [UK, Ireland], bucko [informal], dog [informal]
    
3. Someone regarded with pity or contempt
   "you poor blighter"; "the blighter stole my money!";
   - bleeder [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: blighters

Type of: male, male person, persecutor, tormenter, tormentor

Encyclopedia: Blighter