Definition of Filibuster

1. Noun. A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes.

Exact synonyms: Filibusterer
Generic synonyms: Delayer, Legislator

2. Verb. Obstruct deliberately by delaying.
Category relationships: Lawmaking, Legislating, Legislation
Generic synonyms: Block, Blockade, Embarrass, Hinder, Obstruct, Stymie, Stymy
Derivative terms: Filibusterer

3. Noun. (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches.
Generic synonyms: Delay, Holdup
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Definition of Filibuster

1. n. A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.

2. v. i. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.

Definition of Filibuster

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filibuster

filfots
filgrastim
filial
filial
filially
filial duty
filial generation
filiate
filiated
filiates
filiating
filiation
filiations
filibeg
filibegs
filibuster (current term)
filibustered
filibusterer
filibusterers
filibustering
filibusters
Filicales
filicic
filicide
filicides
filiciform
Filicinae
filicoid
Filicopsida
filiform

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