filibuster

Definitions

• 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 in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
• (US politics) 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.
• (US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.