filibuster

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , ultimately from , from +  +. The alteration in the first syllable in French is due to the word's being somewhat conflated with when it was borrowed into French or another language from Dutch. The word is cognate and analogous to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) 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  in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
 * 1)  A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
 * 1)  A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.

Synonyms

 * see Thesaurus:mercenary

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: fribytter
 * Esperanto: flibustro
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: fribytter
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 拉布
 * Mandarin: 冗長辯論, 費力把事拖
 * Danish: filibuster
 * Finnish:, jarrutuspuhe
 * French:
 * German: Dauerrede, Ermüdungsrede,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 議事妨害
 * Korean: 필리버스터
 * Norwegian: filibuster
 * Yiddish: אָבסטרוקציע


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: jarruttaja
 * German: Dauerredner
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: obstruáló, obstrukcionista


 * Indonesian: (1)

Verb

 * 1) To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
 * 2)  To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
 * 3) * Jan 20, 2012, “Meanwhile, back in Eastleigh, away from the filibustering in Westminster, Chris Huhne was able to concentrate on constituency business.”https://www.eastleighnews.co.uk/2012/01/daylight-saving-bill-runs-out-of-time/
 * 1) * Jan 20, 2012, “Meanwhile, back in Eastleigh, away from the filibustering in Westminster, Chris Huhne was able to concentrate on constituency business.”https://www.eastleighnews.co.uk/2012/01/daylight-saving-bill-runs-out-of-time/
 * 1) * Jan 20, 2012, “Meanwhile, back in Eastleigh, away from the filibustering in Westminster, Chris Huhne was able to concentrate on constituency business.”https://www.eastleighnews.co.uk/2012/01/daylight-saving-bill-runs-out-of-time/
 * 1) * Jan 20, 2012, “Meanwhile, back in Eastleigh, away from the filibustering in Westminster, Chris Huhne was able to concentrate on constituency business.”https://www.eastleighnews.co.uk/2012/01/daylight-saving-bill-runs-out-of-time/
 * 1) * Jan 20, 2012, “Meanwhile, back in Eastleigh, away from the filibustering in Westminster, Chris Huhne was able to concentrate on constituency business.”https://www.eastleighnews.co.uk/2012/01/daylight-saving-bill-runs-out-of-time/

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, Obstruktion betreiben, , eine Verschleppungstaktik betreiben, eine Hinhaltetaktik betreiben, eine Verzögerungstaktik betreiben
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Yiddish: אָבסטרויִרן

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A, a tactic to delay Congressional procedures.
 * 2)  A, an American mercenary who operated in Central America or the Spanish West Indies seeking to gain wealth or political power.

Etymology
From, from , from , from , as.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) a private military action.
 * 1) a private military action.