Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

filibustress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fil-i-bus-tress
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman who filibusters.

Example Sentences

"She thereby sparked a small argument among veteran Senate gallery-ites about whether she should be called a filibusterer or a filibustress."
"[…]joy-bells rang in the ears of the dusky filibustress as she struggled for breath."
"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!"

Etymology

From filibuster + -ess.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: filibuster

Inflected Forms

filibustresses (plural)

Questions

What does filibustress mean?: A woman who filibusters.
Where does filibustress come from?: From filibuster + -ess.

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