name
Bligh
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A surname of Irish, Cornish, or English origin, notably borne by Captain William Bligh of HMS Bounty fame.
"Bligh was famously overthrown in a mutiny at sea."
Word Forms
Blighs plural
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Etymology
Of disputed origin, possibly Irish, Cornish (from a word for "wolf"), or a variant of the English surname Blythe.