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1. (n.) partisan
an adherent or supporter of a person, party, or cause, esp. one who shows a biased, unthinking allegiance.
2. partisan
a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting an occupying army.
3. (adj.) partisan
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of partisans.
4. (n.) partisan
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.
Etymology: (1875–80; < It, fem. of partito divided. See party)
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1. (noun) partisan, zealot, drumbeater
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
2. (noun) enthusiast, partisan, partizan
an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
3. (adj) partisan, partizan
a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
4. (adj) partisan, partizan
devoted to a cause or party
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1. (adj) partisan
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. (adj) partisan
serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps
3. (noun) partisan
an adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest
4. (noun) partisan
the commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy
5. (noun) partisan
any member of such a corps
6. (noun) partisan
a kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff
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Sense: a strong and enthusiastic supporter of a person, political party, idea or philosophy etc
Every movement has its partisans; (
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 Afrikaans: partygenoot |
 Arabic: نَصير، مُشايِع |
 Bulgarian: привърженик |
 Brazilian: partidário |
 Czech: přívrženec; stranicky |
 German: der/die Partisanen |
 Danish: forkæmper; forudindtaget |
 Greek: θιασώτης |
 Spanish: partidario |
 Estonian: toetaja |
 Farsi: هوادار پر و پا قرص |
 Finnish: kannattaja |
 French: partisan/-ane |
 Hebrew: תוֹמֵך נִלהָב |
 Hindi: अंधभक्ति, हिमायती |
 Croatian: pristaša, pobornik |
 Hungarian: vkinek, vminek lelkes hív |
 Indonesian: pengikut |
 Icelandic: eindreginn stuðningsmaður |
 Italian: partigiano, sostenitore |
 Japanese: 支持者 |
 Korean: 동지 |
 Lithuanian: šalininkas; šališkas |
 Latvian: piekritējs; atbalstītājs |
 Malay: berat sebelah |
 Dutch: partijganger; partijdig |
 Norwegian: (-)tilhenger |
 Polish: zwolennik |
 Persian: هوادار پر و پا قرص |
 Pashto: طرفدار، حامي |
 Portuguese: partidário |
 Romanian: partizan |
 Russian: приверженец |
 Slovak: prívrženec, stúpenec; str |
 Slovenian: privrženec; pripadnosten |
 Serbian: partizan |
 Swedish: anhängare |
 Thai: ผู้ถือข้างพลพรรค |
 Turkish: yandaş |
 Taiwanese: 堅決支持者 |
 Ukrainian: прибічник, прихильник |
 Urdu: حامي، طرف دار |
 Vietnamese: người ủng hộ |
 Chinese: 坚决支持者 |
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