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filibuster

Filibuster is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter F and ends with the letter R for which we found 3 definitions.

Definition
(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.
(v. i.) To act as a filibuster or military freebooter.
(v. i.) To delay legislation by dilatory motions or other artifices.

Syllable Information

The word filibuster is a 10 letter word that has 4 syllable 's . The syllable division for filibuster is: fil-i-bus-ter


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