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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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.  ``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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  partizan 
  adj  :  devoted  to  a  cause  or  party  [syn:  {partisan}]  [ant:  {nonpartisan}] 
  n  1:  an  ardent  and  enthusiastic  supporter  of  some  person  or 
  activity  [syn:  {enthusiast},  {partisan}] 
  2:  a  pike  with  a  long  tapering  double-edged  blade  with  lateral 
  projections;  16th  and  17th  centuries  [syn:  {partisan}] 




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