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filibuster /ˈfɪlɪbʌstə/
▶noun
- 1 prolonged speaking or other action which obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.
- 2 historical a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign state.
– origin C18: from Fr. flibustier, first applied to pirates who pillaged the Spanish colonies in the West Indies, influenced by Sp. filibustero, denoting American adventurers who incited revolution in Latin America; ult. from Du. vrijbuiter ‘freebooter’.
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