Antonyms for filibuster
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fil-uh-buhs-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl əˌbʌs tər |
Definition of filibuster
Origin :- 1580s, flibutor "pirate," probably ultimately from Dutch vrijbuiter "freebooter," a word which used of pirates in the West Indies in Spanish (filibustero) and French (flibustier) forms, either or both of which gave the word to American English (see freebooter).
- Used 1850s and '60s of lawless adventurers from the U.S. who tried to overthrow Central American governments. The legislative sense is not in Bartlett (1859) and seems not to have been in use in U.S. legislative writing before 1865. Probably the extension in sense is because obstructionist legislators "pirated" debate or overthrew the usual order of authority. Not technically restricted to U.S. Senate, but that's where the strategy works best.
- noun obstruction of progress, especially in verbal argument
- And now this other filibuster has bought you, and you belong to him.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- Had it eventuated in failure, its leader would have been pronounced a pirate and filibuster.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- Had he failed, he would have been stigmatized as a filibuster.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- And are there still gobemouches in England who believe in the Filibuster?
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- It may come from a rival—from the buccaneer, the filibuster, or the cannibal.
- Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
- You allude, I presume, to the buccaneer, the filibuster and the Caribbean?
- Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
- To return to this filibuster, baron; he frequents the house of Blue Beard?
- Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
- But the buccaneer, the filibuster—what would they say if you should die for the Caribbean?
- Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
- The poor man no longer left the house, for fear of saluting a filibuster.
- Extract from : « An Eagle Flight » by Jos Rizal
- The career of the Filibuster is no longer open to private individuals.
- Extract from : « By-Ways of War » by James Jeffrey Roche
Synonyms for filibuster
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