colonel blimp

1. 1.

   any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)

   SynonymsBlimp

   Broaderreactionary

   United Kingdom

2. 2.

   a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low

   Broaderfictional character

Questions about colonel blimp

What does colonel blimp mean?

colonel blimp means "any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for colonel blimp?

Close synonyms include Blimp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is colonel blimp a common word?

colonel blimp is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.