Definitions from Wiktionary (filibuster)
▸ noun: (historical) 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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction.
▸ verb: To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
▸ verb: (originally and chiefly US politics, intransitive, transitive) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
filibuster (legislative tactic),
Filibuster in the United States Senate,
Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957,
Filibuster War,
Chris Murphy gun control filibuster,
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▸ noun: (historical) 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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction.
▸ verb: To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
▸ verb: (originally and chiefly US politics, intransitive, transitive) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
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flibustier,
flibbertigibbet,
freebooter,
libber,
fibster,
filch,
warfreak,
bandolero,
hack,
fellmonger,
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