1noun
enfilibuster
Definicions
- 1.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.
- 2.A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
- 3.A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction.
Traduccions
- esfilibustero
- frflibustier
- itfilibustiere
- deFreibeuter
- ruфлибустьер