Filibuster
['fɪlɪbʌstə] or ['fɪlə'bʌstɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches.
(noun.) a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes.
(verb.) obstruct deliberately by delaying.
Typist: Virginia--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. i.) To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
(v. i.) To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Modern.] Pirate, freebooter, buccaneer, sea-robber, sea-rover, lawless adventurer.
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Definition
n. a lawless military or piratical adventurer as in the West Indies: a buccaneer.—v.i. to obstruct legislation wantonly by endless speeches motions &c.—n. Fil′ibusterism the character or actions of a filibuster.
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Examples
- I believe you are a filibuster at heart yourself, Andros. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Filibustering and delay in the counting of the votes are often the only means we have of defeating bad legislation. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- For filibustering purposes, however, the present methods are most admirable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One of the greatest weapons in the hands of a minority to prevent bad legislation is filibustering on votes, and this instrument would prevent it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Ostensibly we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico in case she appeared to contemplate war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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