Crossword-Solution: FILIBUSTER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Filibuster | n. | 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. |
| Filibuster | v. i. | To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. |
| Filibuster | v. i. | To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor
of a candidate for office.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
A BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHO VOTES FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES OF ONE PARTY
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Sentences with FILIBUSTER (5)
They would get up to San Francisco, dispose of their “loot,” outfit the “Bertha Millner” as a filibuster, and put to sea again.
DEAR FAMILY: I have learned here that the first quality needed to make a great filibuster is Patience, it is not courage, or resources or a knowledge of the Cuban Coast line, it is patience.
There was no mistake about it; it was a genuine historical document, of the Ziska drum-head pattern,—a real _cutis humana_, stripped from some old Scandinavian filibuster, and the legend was true.
But here comes young Valdez riding back as if he were in a bit of a hurry.” The filibuster rode forward and talked with the young man for a few minutes in a low voice.
Enthroned upon an empty cask sat the French filibuster to transact important business: the business of making himself safe with the Governor of Tortuga.
Quotes with FILIBUSTER (3)
A philosopher's main task is to compulsively filibuster
Why didn't the Democrats accomplish more right after the 2006 elections that gave them control of Congress? It wasn't just that they didn't have votes to override a presidential veto or block a filibuster. They didn't use their mandate to substantially change how the public--and the media-- thought about issues. They just tried to be rational, to devise programs to fit people's interests and the polls. Because there was little understanding of the brain, there was no campaign…
They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT.
Used 15 times in crossword archives (1953–2002).