filibustress
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From filibuster + -ess.
Noun
[edit]filibustress (plural filibustresses)
- A woman who filibusters.
- 1962, Time Magazine, August 10 1962, page 11:
- She thereby sparked a small argument among veteran Senate gallery-ites about whether she should be called a filibusterer or a filibustress.
- 1982, George MacDonald Fraser, The Pyrates, page 231:
- […] joy-bells rang in the ears of the dusky filibustress as she struggled for breath.
- 2021, “What Have I Done” (0:02:33 from the start), in Curb Your Enthusiasm, season 11, episode 8, Larry David (actor), via HBO:
- I was watching the House of Representatives On C-SPAN and it made me think of you. Then I watched Mr.Smith goes to Washington with Jimmy Stewart, in the filibuster, and I was thinking to myself, I bet Irma would be a great filibustress!
Translations
[edit]female who filibusters
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