Blimp

English

Etymology

From the cartoon character Colonel Blimp, created by Sir David Low (1891–1963).

Noun

Blimp (plural Blimps)

1. A military middle class Englishman intolerant of others’ ideas.
   • 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn

     One was the military and imperialist middle class, generally nicknamed the Blimps, and the other the left-wing intelligentsia.