English Dictionary

filibuster

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɪlɪbʌstə(ɹ)/

名詞

アメリカ英語

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.

日本語の意味

傭兵（戦闘・武装行動に従事する雇われ兵士） / 略奪者、特に19世紀中頃にアメリカから中米やスペイン領西インド諸島へ不法に組織して渡り、武力を用いて経済的・政治的利益を追求した者

The filibuster was hired to lead a band of fighters into the contested borderlands.

その傭兵は、争われている国境地帯に戦闘員の一隊を率いるために雇われた。

意味（1）

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.

These duties involved prodigious physical and mental exertion, in a climate deadly to Europeans. They also involved much voyaging in waters haunted by filibusters and buccaneers. But nothing appears to daunt Labat. As for the filibusters, he becomes their comrade and personal friend;—he even becomes their chaplain, and does not scruple to make excursions with them.

意味（2）

(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.

No longer do filibustering Senators take the floor and speak until they are physically unable to filibuster any longer. Now, a filibuster typically begins when a Senator or group of Senators signals their intent to filibuster – which can be done by a private conversation with the majority leader or by quietly placing a bill or nomination on hold. Given the modern Senate's scarce floor time, this threat is usually enough to table the disputed issue until the dissenting Senators cave or until there are definitely enough votes to invoke cloture.

意味（3）

(US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.

filibusters （ plural ）