Colonel Blimp

noun

\ -ˈblimp

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Definition of Colonel Blimp

: a pompous person with out-of-date or ultraconservative views broadly : reactionary

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felt like a Colonel Blimp who had outlived his time

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colonel general

colonel-in-chief

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