Noun: blighty wound
Usage: UK, archaic
Usage: UK, slang
Usage: UK, archaic
- A wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad
"He received a blighty wound that ended his tour of duty"
Usage: UK, slang
- 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
- United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Pommyland [Austral, NZ, informal]
Type of: combat injury, injury, kingdom, wound
Part of: British Commonwealth, British Isles, Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation [Brit], North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Encyclopedia: Blighty wound
Blighty, New South Wales