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Words with a similar base: filibuster, filibusterer

'filibuster'

[filibuster.n.01] as in: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes

'filibuster'

[filibuster.n.02] as in: (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches

'filibuster'

[filibuster.v.01] as in: obstruct deliberately by delaying

Origins

					filibuster (English)
└── filibustero (Spanish)
    └── flibustier (French)
        └── vrijbuiter (Dutch)
            ├── -er (Dutch)
            │   └── -iro (Old Dutch)
            ├── buit (Dutch)
            └── vrij (Dutch)