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Definition of Filibusterer
1. Noun. A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes.
Generic synonyms: Delayer, Legislator
Derivative terms: Filibuster, Filibuster
Definition of Filibusterer
1. Noun. A person who filibusters ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Filibusterer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Filibusterer
Literary usage of Filibusterer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Revolutions in Mexico: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on by United States, Senate, Congress, Committee on Foreign Relations (1913)
"He had been a filibusterer in the last revolution. Senator SMITH. You are watching
for people of that kind? Senator FALL. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In 1841 he was promoted commander and helped to successfully carry out an expedition
to prevent the invasion of Mexican territory by the filibusterer ..."
3. Southwestern Historical Quarterly by Texas State Historical Association, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Eugene Campbell Barker (1907)
"Nolan, the pioneer filibusterer, was typical of but one class of the frontier
population pushing in from the United States. As early as 1791 Edward Murphy ..."
4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"One who filibusters in this sense is called a filibusterer. Filthy Lucre, a
humorous colloquialism for money. Douglas Jerrold playfully nicknamed Stirling ..."
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