filibustiere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- corsair noun A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
- filibuster noun A tactic used in a legislature — typically extended, often irrelevant speeches — to stall a vote or block a decision.
Senses
filibustiere is used for these senses in English:
- corsair A privateer or pirate in general.
- filibuster (historical) 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 Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
corsair — full definition
- noun A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.
- noun A privateer or pirate in general.
- noun The ship of such privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.
- noun A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.
filibuster — full definition
- noun A tactic used in a legislature — typically extended, often irrelevant speeches — to stall a vote or block a decision.
- verb To use such delaying tactics in a legislative body.