filibusterer
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- noun
- /ˈfɪlɪˌbʌstərər/
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filibustero
- The filibusterer aimed to delay the vote on the controversial bill by giving a lengthy speech.
Examples
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Yeah, the simplest reform would be to put the onus back on the filibusterer by requiring 41 votes to sustain rather than 60 to invoke cloture.
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In fact, majority leaders can and have forced filibusterers to speak under existing rules.
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These proposals ban motions and other actions that would give filibusterers a chance to rest.
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An entire quorum of the majority has to stick around to prevent a quorum call from giving the filibusterer as many breaks as desired.
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- Fat filibusterers.
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A Northerner, Farnum was a Mexican War hero who had fought under Gen. William Walker, the most noted filibusterer of the day.
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The very novelty of a "real" filibuster would guarantee a certain amount of media coverage, and there is nothing that requires the filibusterer to stay on any particular topic.
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While the 'talking filibuster' does provide the filibusterer (filibusker?) a dramatic and public place on which to make their case to the nation, I don't think this will be such a great win for Republicans.
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Filibusterers were adventurers, mostly veterans of the Mexican-American War, who formed mercenary military expeditions to conquer Central American countries for patriotic, political, or personal reasons.
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In late 1854, Lamar had written to an acquaintance named John Thrasher, who knew the famous filibusterer Gen. John Quitman, and requested to hear directly from Quitman about an upcoming mission to Cuba.
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Synonyms
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A politician who gives long speeches to delay votes
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A person who delays or stops a group's progress on purpose
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A person who delays making decisions on purpose
A person who refuses to answer questions and delays progress
A person who stops or delays other people's actions on purpose
A person who often stops other people's plans or progress
A person who opposes a plan to stop it happening
How Obstructive
Surface Forms
Morphology
filibusterer = filibuster (transparent) = filibuster + er
Agentive formation from the verb 'filibuster' with the standard English suffix '-er' makes the meaning 'one who filibusters' directly derivable.
Etymology
Filibusterer comes from old words for 'pirate' or 'freebooter' — someone who takes ships or land by force, so imagine a pirate who 'takes over' a place. That's why a filibusterer today is a politician who talks for a very long time to delay or stop a vote.