fillibuster

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A form of filibuster — 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.

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Meanings

nounfillibuster (plural fillibusters)

plural fillibusters

  1. alternativeAlternative form of filibuster.
verbfillibuster (third-person singular simple present fillibusters, present participle fillibustering, simple past and past participle fillibustered)

present singular third person fillibusters · participle present fillibustering · participle past fillibustered · past fillibustered

  1. alternativeAlternative form of filibuster.
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