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Definition filibuster

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish filibusteropirate”), from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiterfreebooter”), from vrijfree”) + buitbooty”) + -er (“agent”). The word has the same construction as, and is cognate to, English freebooter.

Noun

filibuster (plural filibusters)

  1. A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
  2. (US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
  3. (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.

Verb

filibuster (third-person singular simple present filibusters, present participle filibustering, simple past and past participle filibustered)

  1. To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
  2. (US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.

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