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Partisan

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See partizan, partizan.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
  • adjective. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party.
  • adjective. Serving as a partisan in a detached command.
  • adjective. a member of a partisan corps.
  • noun. An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
  • noun. Any member of such a corps.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A spear with a triangular, double-edged blade.
  • noun. A soldier armed with such a weapon.
  • noun. An adherent to a party or faction.
  • noun. A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
  • noun. A guerilla fighter; a member of detached light troops acting behind enemy lines.
  • noun. The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
  • adjective. Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops: as, a partisan officer or corps.
  • adjective. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
  • adjective. Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause: partisan politics.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
  • noun. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
  • adjective. devoted to a cause or party
  • noun. a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  • Word Usage
    "Jeremy: I wouldn't use the term partisan hack after what you just wrote."
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    partizan