filibuster
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
filibuster (plural filibusters)
- A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travel#Verb|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.
- (US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employ#Verb|employed to delay#Verb|delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
- (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
- (mercenary soldier) see Thesaurus:mercenary
- French: flibustier
- German: Freibeuter
- Italian: filibustiere
- Portuguese: flibusteiro
- Russian: флибустье́р
- Spanish: filibustero
- French: obstruction parlementaire
- German: Dauerrede, Ermüdungsrede
- German: Dauerredner
filibuster (filibusters, present participle filibustering; past and past participle filibustered)
- To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
- (US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
- German: filibustern, Obstruktion betreiben, verschleppen, eine Verschleppungstaktik betreiben, eine Hinhaltetaktik betreiben, eine Verzögerungstaktik betreiben
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