Filibusterer (Noun)
Meaning
A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Senator Thompson was notorious for his ability to talk at length, and his colleagues often joked that he was the greatest filibusterer the Senate had ever known.
- The young representative earned a reputation as a formidable filibusterer, able to hold the floor for hours on issues that mattered deeply to her constituents.
- Despite his best efforts, the chair could not get the obstinate filibusterer to yield, and the bill languished in committee for weeks.
- His skill as a filibusterer was legendary, but it often came at the expense of building relationships with his colleagues on the other side of the aisle.
- At the end of a long day of debate, the filibusterer finally yielded the floor, exhausted but triumphant in her efforts to delay the vote on the contentious bill.