American English Take-Home Exam
Algonquian word, such as Abenaki askimo and Ojibwa ashkimeq, traditionally said to mean
literally “eaters of raw meat”.
filibuster – Today, the term filibuster refers to act of delay action in Congress or another law-
making group by making very long speeches. However, the term filibutor “pirate” was first used
in 1580s and was probably derived from the Dutch vrijbuiter “freebooter”, which in turn was
used for the pirates in the West Indies in Spanish (filibuster) and French (flibustier) forms.
Americans had loaned the word from Dutch in 1560s and it became “freebooter” in American
English, meaning “plunderer, robber, pirate.” In its legislative sense, filibuster was first used by
Albert G. Brown in 1853, referring to Abraham Watkins Venable's speech against filibustering
(“pirating”) intervention in Cuba.
gerrymandering – In the modern sense of the word, gerrymandering refers to when politicians
annaabi.ee 
