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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
partisan
adj 1: devoted to a cause or party [syn: partisan, partizan]
[ant: nonpartisan, nonpartizan]
n 1: a fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn:
partisan, zealot, drumbeater] [ant: nonpartisan,
nonpartizan]
2: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or
activity [syn: enthusiast, partisan, partizan]
3: a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral
projections; 16th and 17th centuries [syn: partisan,
partizan]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Partisan \Par"ti*san\ (p[aum]r"t[i^]*zan), 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.
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Both sides had their partisans in the colony.
--Jefferson.
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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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Partisan \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.
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2. (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a
partisan officer or corps.
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Partisan ranger (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Partisan \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.
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And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave.
--Shak.
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Thesaurus Results for partisan:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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