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partisan
1[ pahr-tuh-zuhn, -suhn; British pahr-tuh-zan ]
noun
- an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
Antonyms:
- 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.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of partisans; partial to a specific party, person, etc.:
partisan politics.
Synonyms: ,
- of, relating to, or carried on by military partisans or guerrillas.
partisan
2[ pahr-tuh-zuhn, -suhn ]
noun
- 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.
partisan
1/ ˈpɑːtɪˌzæn; ˌpɑːtɪˈzæn /
noun
- an adherent or devotee of a cause, party, etc
- a member of an armed resistance group within occupied territory, esp in Italy or the Balkans in World War II
- ( as modifier )
partisan forces
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a partisan
- relating to or excessively devoted to one party, faction, etc; one-sided
partisan control
partisan
2/ ˈɑːɪə /
noun
- a spear or pike with two opposing axe blades or spikes
Derived Forms
- ˌ貹پˈԲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- 貹·پ·· 貹·پ·· noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of partisan1
Origin of partisan2
Word History and Origins
Origin of partisan1
Origin of partisan2
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Example Sentences
Matt Shupe is communications director for the California Republican Party, meaning his job is seeing that partisan hopes spring eternal.
But while Levitsky acknowledges that he is a registered Democrat, he said his research is not partisan.
“The injunctions are nothing more than partisan judicial overreach and have disrupted the president’s ability to carry out his lawful constitutional duty,” Issa said at the committee hearing.
However, Democratic insiders said the planned cuts appear to be partisan — particularly because California’s hub was the highest-scoring applicant among more than 30 projects considered for the $7 billion federal program.
Ireland is under brutal colonial rule, and partisan conflict is as inescapable as religious strife.
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