FILIBUSTER, FILLIBUSTER
\fˈɪlɪbˌʌstə], \fˈɪlɪbˌʌstə], \f_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_b_ˌʌ_s_t_ə]\
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A lawless military or piratical adventurer, as in the W. Indies; a buccaneer. The adventurers who followed Lopez to Cuba in 1851, and those who with Walker occupied Nicaragua from 1855 to 1857, are the most notorious examples of filibusters in modern times.
By Daniel Lyons
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