FILIBUSTERER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does filibusterer mean? 

• FILIBUSTERER (noun)
  The noun FILIBUSTERER has 1 sense:

1. a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes

  Familiarity information: FILIBUSTERER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FILIBUSTERER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

filibuster; filibusterer

Hypernyms ("filibusterer" is a kind of...):

delayer (a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late)

legislator (someone who makes or enacts laws)

Derivation:

filibuster (obstruct deliberately by delaying)