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Blighty

Syllabification: (Blight·y)
Pronunciation: /ˈblītē/

Definition of Blighty

noun

British
  • an informal and typically affectionate term for Britain or England, chiefly as used by soldiers of World War I and World War II.
  • military slang a wound suffered by a soldier in World War I that was sufficiently serious to merit being shipped home to Britain:he had copped a Blighty and was on his way home

Origin:

first used by soldiers in the Indian army; Anglo-Indian alteration of Urdu bilāyatī, wilāyatī 'foreign, European', from Arabic wilāyat, wilāya 'dominion, district'

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