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doc Definition of filibuster
    English to English
    noun
  • a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • 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.
  • source: Webster 1913
    verb
  • obstruct deliberately by delaying
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
  • source: Webster 1913
    English to Tagalog
    noun
  • [filíbuster] Tulisang dagat
  • source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
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