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Filibeg Filibeg Fil"i*beg, n. [Gael. feileadhbeag, i. e., little kilt;
feileadh kilt + beag little, small; cf. filleadh a plait,
fold.]
Same as Kilt. [Written also philibeg.]
Filibuster 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.
Filibuster 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.
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Filibustering 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.
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Filibusterism Filibusterism Fil"i*bus`ter*ism, n.
The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. --Bartlett.
