filibuster

== English == === Alternative forms === fillibuster === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish filibustero (“pirate”), from French flibustier, ultimately from Dutch vrijbuiter (“freebooter”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (“agent”). The alteration in the first syllable in French is due to the word's being somewhat conflated with vlieboot (“light, flat-bottomed cargo vessel with two or three masts”) when it was borrowed into French or another language from Dutch. The word is cognate and analogous to English freebooter. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɪlɪbʌstə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪləˌbəstər/, /ˈfɪləbʌstɚ/ Hyphenation: fil‧i‧bus‧ter === Noun === filibuster (plural filibusters) (historical) 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. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mercenary (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. Antonym: cloture (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction. Synonym: filibusterer ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== flibustier ==== Descendants ==== → Chinese: 費力把事拖 / 费力把事拖 (fèilìbǎshìtuō) → Dutch: filibuster → Indonesian: filibuster ==== Translations ==== === Verb === filibuster (third-person singular simple present filibusters, present participle filibustering, simple past and past participle filibustered) To take part in a private military action in a foreign country. (originally and chiefly US politics, intransitive, transitive) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body. ==== Translations ==== === See also === obstruct cloture === Further reading === filibuster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === flibustier == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English filibuster, from Spanish filibustero, from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɪ.liˌbɑs.tər/ Hyphenation: fi‧li‧bus‧ter === Noun === filibuster m (plural filibusters, no diminutive) (US politics) a filibuster, a tactic to delay Congressional procedures (historical) a filibuster, an American mercenary who operated in Central America or the Spanish West Indies seeking to gain wealth or political power == Indonesian == === Etymology === From English filibuster, from Spanish filibustero (“pirate”), from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter (“freebooter”), as vrij (“free”) +‎ buit (“booty”) +‎ -er (“agent”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [filiˈbʊstər] Hyphenation: fi‧li‧bus‧têr === Noun === filibustêr (plural filibuster-filibuster) filibuster, 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 a private military action === Further reading === “filibuster”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016