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Partisan - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Partisan : adj
1: devoted to a cause or party [syn: partizan] [ant: nonpartisan]
2: adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination or
party; "denominational prejudice" [syn: denominational]
(noun)
1: a fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn: zealot,
drumbeater]
2: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or
activity [syn: enthusiast, partizan]
3: a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral
projections; 16th and 17th centuries [syn: partizan]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave.
--Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Partisan : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Partisan |
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ewto: RT @IMAO_: People say I'm hyper-Partisan, but I have never killed a Democrat. // Frank's obviously too moderate for my tastes, then. |
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