'Partisan' definitions:

Definition of 'partisan'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Devoted to a cause or party [syn: partisan, partizan] [ant: nonpartisan, nonpartizan]
noun
A fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn: partisan, zealot, drumbeater] [ant: nonpartisan, nonpartizan]
noun
An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity [syn: enthusiast, partisan, partizan]
noun
A pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries [syn: partisan, partizan]

Definition of 'Partisan'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps. [1913 Webster]
  • Partisan ranger (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Partisan'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Partisan'

From: GCIDE
  • Partisan \Par"ti*san\ (p[aum]r"t[i^]*zan), 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Both sides had their partisans in the colony. --Jefferson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'partisan'

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