filibustress en · NOUN
Etymology
From filibuster + -ess.
Meanings
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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.
1962, Time Magazine, August 10 1962, page 11: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!
2021, “What Have I Done” (0:02:33 from the start), in Curb Your Enthusiasm, season 11, episode 8, Larry David (actor), via HBO:[…]joy-bells rang in the ears of the dusky filibustress as she struggled for breath.
1982, George MacDonald Fraser, The Pyrates, page 231:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| filibustresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
fr flibustière (female who filibusters)