Filibustress

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A woman who filibusters.

    "She thereby sparked a small argument among veteran Senate gallery-ites about whether she should be called a filibusterer or a filibustress."

Example

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"She thereby sparked a small argument among veteran Senate gallery-ites about whether she should be called a filibusterer or a filibustress."

Etymology

From filibuster + -ess.

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