NOUN | person | filibusterer, filibuster | a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes |
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Meaning | A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes. | |
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Synonym | filibuster | |
Broader | delayer | A person who delays |
legislator | someone who makes or enacts laws | |
Spanish | filibusterismo | |
Catalan | filibusterisme, filibuster | |
Verbs | filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying |
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