Colonel Blimp

American  

(sometimes lowercase) Blimp

noun

1. an elderly, pompous British reactionary, especially an army officer or government official.

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Colonel Blimp British  

noun

1. See blimp 2

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Etymology

Origin of Colonel Blimp

After a character appearing in cartoons by David Low

Example Sentences

“I’m more conservative, but I’m not a typical Colonel Blimp,” Munger said in 1996, referring to the jingoistic, reactionary British cartoon character.

From Los Angeles Times

He considered Technicolor films like “The Red Shoes,” “The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp” and “A Matter of Life and Death” to be masterpieces.

From Seattle Times

Powell and Pressburger, known as the Archers, made the much-admired classics “The Red Shoes,” “A Matter of Life and Death,” “Black Narcissus” and “The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.”

From Seattle Times

For decades, cartoonists have played with caricatured veterans of the British Raj, from cartoonist David Low’s Colonel Blimp to Colonel Hathi in Disney’s “The Jungle Book.”

From Los Angeles Times

Narrator Ralph Lister gives marvelous renditions of the diverse characters in both accent and mood, from the many Moroccans to David, who alternates between a choleric Colonel Blimp and “a plump, sullen toad.”

From Washington Post