FILIBUSTER


Meaning of FILIBUSTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfɪlɪbʌstə ]

n. & v. --n. 1 a the obstruction of progress in a legislative assembly, esp. by prolonged speaking. b esp. US a person who engages in a filibuster. 2 esp. hist. a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign State. --v. 1 intr. act as a filibuster. 2 tr. act in this way against (a motion etc.). øøfilibusterer n. [ult. f. Du. vrijbuiter FREEBOOTER, infl. by F flibustier, Sp. filibustero]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.