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English Dictionary: Partisan	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Partisan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
partisan adj devoted to a cause or party Synonym(s): partisan, partizan Antonym(s): nonpartisan, nonpartizan n a fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn: partisan, zealot, drumbeater] Antonym(s): nonpartisan, nonpartizan an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity Synonym(s): enthusiast, partisan, partizan a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries Synonym(s): partisan, partizan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]The violence of a partisan.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Partisan \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.