Definition of filibuster Filibuster

/fɪˈlʌbʌˌstɚ/ - [filubuster] - fil•i•bus•ter

We found 15 definitions of filibuster from 7 different sources.

What does filibuster mean?

Noun Plural: filibusters
filibuster - a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
		filibusterer
		legislator someone who makes or enacts laws
		delayer a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late
filibuster - (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
		delay, holdup the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Verb filibusters, filibustering, filibustered
filibuster - obstruct deliberately by delaying
		lawmaking, legislating, legislation the act of making or enacting laws
		stymie, stymy, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, blockade, block cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious

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filibuster (Noun)
A freebooter, or mercenary soldier.
filibuster (Noun)
A delaying tactic, especially the use of long, often irrelevant speeches given in order to delay progress or the making of a decision, especially on the floor of the US Senate.
filibuster (Noun)
A member of a legislative body causing such obstruction.
filibuster (Verb)
To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
filibuster (Verb)
To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.

filibuster (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.
filibuster (v. i.)
To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
filibuster (v. i.)
To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices.

filibuster
Delaying tactics, especially long, often irrelevant speeches given in order to delay progress or the making of a decision.

filibuster
Fillibuster, fil′i-bus-tėr, 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. [Sp. filibustero, through Fr. flibustier, fribustier, from Dut. vrijbueter, vrijbuiter (cf. Eng. freebooter, Ger. freibeuter), from vrij, free, buit, booty.]

filibuster
A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; a pirate; applied especially to the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851.

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filibuster, verb, present, 1st person singular of filibuster (infinitive).
filibuster, verb (infinitive).
filibuster, noun, singular of filibusters.