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Definitions for Partisan
[1] an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
[2] Military . a member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, especially a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army.
[3] of, relating to, or characteristic of partisans; partial to a specific party, person, etc.: partisan politics.
[4] of, relating to, or carried on by military partisans or guerrillas.
[5] a shafted weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries, having as a head a long spear blade with a pair of curved lobes at the base.
[6] an adherent or devotee of a cause, party, etc
[7] a member of an armed resistance group within occupied territory, esp in Italy or the Balkans in World War II (as modifier ) partisan forces
[8] of, relating to, or characteristic of a partisan
[9] relating to or excessively devoted to one party, faction, etc; one-sided partisan control
[10] a spear or pike with two opposing axe blades or spikes
Words related to Partisan
sympathetic, unjust, biased, sectarian, one-sided, devotee, sympathizer, backer, follower, zealot, defender, stalwart, supporter, blind, exclusive, partial, colored, fanatic, accessory, diehard
Words nearby Partisan
parting line, parting of the ways, parting shot, parting strip, partis, partisan, partisanism, partita, partite, partition, partition chromatography
Origin of Partisan
21550–60; < Middle French partizane < Upper Italian parteźana, probably by ellipsis from *arma parteźana weapon borne by members of a faction; see partisan1
Other words from Partisan
par·ti·san·ship , par·ti·san·ry , noun
Word origin for Partisan
C16: from French partizane, from Old Italian partigiana, from partigiano partisan 1
Synonyms for Partisan
biased, one-sided, sectarian, sympathetic, unjust, accessory, blind, colored, diehard, exclusive, fanatic, partial, adhering, bigoted, cliquish, conspiratorial, denominational, devoted, jaundiced, overzealous, prejudiced, prepossessed, tendentious, unreasoning, warped, zealous