filibusters

Meaning of filibusters

noun
  1. 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.
  2. (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.
  3. (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
verb
  1. To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
  2. To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.

Information about filibusters

  • The singular form of filibusters is: filibuster.
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Hyphenation of filibusters

fil-i-busters

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • filibusters is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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