| slovo | definícia |
filibuster
(encz) | filibuster,mařit jednání n: Zdeněk Brož |
filibuster
(encz) | filibuster,obstrukce n: Zdeněk Brož |
filibuster
(encz) | filibuster,průtah n: Zdeněk Brož |
Filibuster
(gcide) | Filibuster \Fil"i*bus`ter\, n. [Sp. flibuster, flibustero,
corrupted fr. E. freebooter. See Freebooter.]
A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of
plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers
infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into
common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his
expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his
expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.
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Filibuster
(gcide) | Filibuster \Fil"i*bus*ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering.]
1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
--Bartlett.
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2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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filibuster
(wn) | filibuster
n 1: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay
or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes [syn:
filibuster, filibusterer]
2: (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by
making long speeches
v 1: obstruct deliberately by delaying |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
filibuster
(encz) | filibuster,mařit jednání n: Zdeněk Brožfilibuster,obstrukce n: Zdeněk Brožfilibuster,průtah n: Zdeněk Brož |
filibusterer
(encz) | filibusterer, |
Filibustering
(gcide) | Filibuster \Fil"i*bus*ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering.]
1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
--Bartlett.
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2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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Filibusterism
(gcide) | Filibusterism \Fil"i*bus`ter*ism\, n.
The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. --Bartlett.
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filibuster
(wn) | filibuster
n 1: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay
or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes [syn:
filibuster, filibusterer]
2: (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by
making long speeches
v 1: obstruct deliberately by delaying |
filibusterer
(wn) | filibusterer
n 1: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay
or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes [syn:
filibuster, filibusterer] |
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