PARTISAN

partisan, partizan

(adjective) devoted to a cause or party

partisan, partizan

(noun) a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries

enthusiast, partisan, partizan

(noun) an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

partisan, zealot, drumbeater

(noun) a fervent and even militant proponent of something

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

partisan (plural partisans)

An adherent to a party or faction.

A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.

A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter.

(now rare) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.

Adjective

partisan (comparative more partisan, superlative most partisan)

Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops.

Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party.

Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.

Etymology 2

Noun

partisan (plural partisans)

(historical) A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting.

(obsolete) A soldier armed with such a weapon.

Anagrams

• Partains, aspirant, spartina

Source: Wiktionary

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Par"ti*san, n. Etym: [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.

Par"ti*san, a. Etym: [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.)

Definition: Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps. Partisan ranger (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps.

Par"ti*san, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff. And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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