filibustress

English

Etymology

From filibuster +‎ -ess.

Noun

filibustress (plural filibustresses)

1. 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

female who filibusters

• French: flibustière (fr) f