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Definition of Filibuster
1. Noun. A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes.
2. Verb. Obstruct deliberately by delaying.
Category relationships: Lawmaking, Legislating, Legislation
Generic synonyms: Block, Blockade, Embarrass, Hinder, Obstruct, Stymie, Stymy
Derivative terms: Filibusterer
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.
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
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