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Partisan

Partisan Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Partisan? [n] a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries [n] an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity [n] a fervent and even militant proponent of something [adj] devoted to a cause or party [adj] affiliated with one party or faction [adj] adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination or party; "denominational prejudice" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Partisan: aligned \| biased \| denominational \| enthusiast \| guerilla(a) \| guerrilla(a) \| irregular \| one-sided \| partizan \| partizan \| partizan \| party(a) \| party-spirited \| sectarian \| tendencious \| tendentious \| underground \| zealot Related Terms \| Find terms related to Partisan: abettor \| acquaintance \| adherent \| admirer \| advocate \| aficionado \| aggressive \| alter ego \| angel \| antiblack \| apologist \| appendage \| attendant \| backer \| bellicose \| belligerent \| best friend \| biased \| bickering \| bigoted \| bipartisan \| biparty \| blind \| booster \| bosom friend \| brother \| buff \| bushfighter \| bushwhacker \| casual \| casual acquaintance \| cavaliere servente \| champion \| Charley \| chauvinistic \| close acquaintance \| close friend \| cohort \| colored \| combative \| confidant \| confidante \| Conservative \| courtier \| dangler \| defender \| Democrat \| denominational \| dependence \| dependent \| devoted \| devotee \| die-hard \| disciple \| disputatious \| divisive \| doctrinaire \| dogmatic \| encourager \| endorser \| enthusiast \| eristic \| exponent \| factional \| factious \| familiar \| fan \| fanatic \| favorer \| fellow \| fellow creature \| fellowman \| flunky \| follower \| following \| freedom \| friend \| friend at court \| guerilla \| guerrilla \| hanger-on \| heeler \| henchman \| homme de cour \| influenced \| inseparable friend \| interested \| intimate \| involved \| irascible \| irregular \| irritable \| jaundiced \| know-nothing \| Labourite \| limited \| litigious \| lover \| loyalist \| Maecenas \| mainstay \| maintainer \| maquis \| maquisard \| myopic \| narrow \| narrow-minded \| neighbor \| nonobjective \| one-sided \| opinionated \| other self \| paranymph \| parasite \| parochial \| partial \| party \| party faithful \| party hack \| party man \| party member \| party wheelhorse \| patriot \| patron \| pickup \| polarizing \| polemic \| prejudiced \| prepossessed \| promoter \| protagonist \| public \| pugnacious \| pursuer \| pursuivant \| quarrelsome \| racist \| registered Democrat \| registered Republican \| regular \| reliance \| repository \| Republican \| resistance \| resistance fighter \| rooter \| satellite \| second \| seconder \| sectarian \| sectary \| sectional \| sexist \| shadow \| short-sighted \| shrewish \| sider \| sponsor \| stalwart \| standby \| stooge \| successor \| superpatriotic \| support \| supporter \| sustainer \| swayed \| sympathizer \| tagtail \| tail \| tendentious \| Tory \| trainbearer \| twisted \| ultranationalist \| underground \| underground fighter \| undetached \| undispassionate \| unneutral \| unreasoning \| upholder \| VC \| Vietcong \| votary \| ward heeler \| warped \| well-wisher \| wheelhorse \| Whig \| wrangling \| xenophobic \| zealot See Also \| addict \| admirer \| advocate \| advocator \| backslapper \| balletomane \| bigot \| booster \| champion \| doctrinaire \| dogmatist \| exponent \| fan \| fanatic \| fiend \| freak \| friend \| gadgeteer \| nut \| pike \| proponent \| protagonist \| shutterbug \| sports fan \| supporter Partisan In Webster's Dictionary \Par"tisan\, n. [F., fr. It. partigiano. See {Party}, and cf. {Partisan} a truncheon.] [Written also {partizan}.] 1. An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest. ``The violence of a partisan.'' --Macaulay. Both sides had their partisans in the colony. --Jefferson. 2. (Mil.) (a) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy. (b) Any member of such a corps. \Par"tisan\, a. [Written also partizan.] 1. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal. 2. (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps. {Partisan ranger} (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps. \Par"ti*san\, n. [F. pertuisane, prob. fr. It. partigiana, influenced in French by OF. pertuisier to pierce. It was prob. so named as the weapon of some partisans, or party men. Cf. {Partisan} one of a corps of light troops.] A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff. And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave. --Shak.

Partisan Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Partisan?

[n] a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
[n] an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
[n] a fervent and even militant proponent of something
[adj] devoted to a cause or party
[adj] affiliated with one party or faction
[adj] adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination or party; "denominational prejudice"

Partisan In Webster's Dictionary

\Par"ti*san\, n. [F., fr. It. partigiano. See {Party},
and cf. {Partisan} a truncheon.] [Written also {partizan}.]
1. An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is
   strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an
   interest. ``The violence of a partisan.'' --Macaulay.

         Both sides had their partisans in the colony.
                                               --Jefferson.

2. (Mil.)
   (a) The commander of a body of detached light troops
       engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
   (b) Any member of such a corps.


\Par"ti*san\, a. [Written also partizan.]
1. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the
   character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence
   to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.

2. (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a
   partisan officer or corps.

{Partisan ranger} (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps.


\Par"ti*san\, n. [F. pertuisane, prob. fr. It.
partigiana, influenced in French by OF. pertuisier to pierce.
It was prob. so named as the weapon of some partisans, or
party men. Cf. {Partisan} one of a corps of light troops.]
A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.

      And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave.
                                               --Shak.

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