She thereby sparked a small argument among veteran Senate gallery-ites about whether she should be called a filibusterer or a filibustress.
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Filibustress
Synonyms for "filibustress"
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Translations
1 translations across 1 languages.
French
1 entries- flibustière noun (female who filibusters)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
[…]joy-bells rang in the ears of the dusky filibustress as she struggled for breath.
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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!
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