Definition of Filiboster
Filibuster, a name given to buccaneers who infested the
Spanish-American coasts or those of the West Indies, but more specially
used to designate the followers of Lopez in his Cuban expedition in 1851,
and those of Walker in his Nicaraguan in 1855; a name now given to any
lawless adventurers who attempt to take forcible possession of a foreign
country.
- Wikipedia
Fil"i*bus`ter (?), n. [Sp.
flibuster, flibustero, corrupted fr. E.
freebooter. See Freebooter.] 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.
Fil"i*bus*ter, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Fillibustered (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Filibustering.] 1. To act as
a filibuster, or military freebooter. Bartlett.
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions
or other artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.]
Bartlett.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A long, often irrelevant speech given in order to delay progress or the making of a decision, especially at a committee or senate
- a freebooter, or mercenary soldier
- To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body
- To take part in a private military action in a foreign country
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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