Topic: PARLIAMENTS
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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Origin: | filibustero 'pirate' |
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fil‧i‧bus‧ter
[intransitive and transitive]
[intransitive and transitive]PGP to try to delay action in Congress or another law-making group by making very long speeches : Opponents of the bill tried to filibuster its final stages.
Opponents of the bill tried to filibuster its final stages. —filibuster noun [countable]
