filibuster
noun
1. a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
Similar word(s): filibusterer
Definition categories: person, delayer, legislator
2. (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
Definition categories: act, delay, holdup
Sentences with filibuster as a noun:
- 1890 These duties involved prodigious physical and mental exertion, in a climate deadly to Europeans. They also involved much voyaging in waters haunted by filibusters and buccaneers. But nothing appears to daunt Labat. As for the filibusters, he becomes their comrade and personal friend; – he even becomes their chaplain, and does not scruple to make excursions with them. — Lafcadio Hearn, Two Years in the French West Indies.