- England; home
- (esp in World War I)
- Also called: a blighty one a slight wound that causes the recipient to be sent home to England
- leave in England
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Blighty /ˈblaɪtɪ/ n (sometimes not capital) Brit slang (used esp by troops serving abroad)
blight•y
(blī′tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. blight•ies. [Brit. Slang.]
- British Terms(often cap.) England as one's native land;
England as home:We're sailing for old Blighty tomorrow. - British Termsa wound or furlough permitting a soldier to be sent back to England from the front.
- British Termsmilitary leave.
- Hindi bilāyatī the country (i.e., Great Britain), variant of wilāyatī vilayet
- 1885–90