What does "filibuster" mean?
Filibuster: To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. Bartlett.
Additional senses
- 2.To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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