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Noun: Colonel Blimp
  1. A pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low
     
  2. [Brit] Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
    - Blimp [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: Colonel Blimps

Type of: character, extreme right-winger, fictional character, fictitious character, reactionary, ultraconservative

Encyclopedia: Colonel Blimp