English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of filibuster

filibuster

/noun/ जलडाकू; जहाज़ी डाकू; लुटेरा; अड़ंगेबाज़; वितण्डा;

Synonym pirate; sea reaver; marauder; Filibuster;

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English Dictionary:

1. 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.

2. Filibuster

[v. i.]

- To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
- To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices.