Crossword clues for partisan
partisan
- Zealot engaged in pop art is antagonistic
- Supporting one political group
- Supporter, one captured during Spartan wars
- Some sort of aspirant guerrilla
- Raves where ecstasy's dropped by an underground warrior
- Pressure put on skilled worker, resistance fighter
- Devotee of a cause
- Unquestioning supporter - aspirant
- Unfair, putting pressure on manual worker
- Devoted follower
- Not neutral
- Type of politics
- Like much politics
- Strongly favoring one side
- Party supporter
- In Sparta (anag)
- Firm adherent to a cause
- Devoted man or woman of the House
- (One) taking one side in dispute
- Rooter
- Like politics, by nature
- A fervent and even militant proponent of something
- An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
- A pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections
- 16th and 17th centuries
- Supporter of a cause
- Adherent
- Kind of politics
- Like some politics
- Zealous advocate
- Disciple becomes master
- Emotional adherent
- Advocate
- Guerrilla, creative type after power
- Guerrilla misbehaving in Sparta
- Quiet craftsman is prejudiced
- Quiet craftsman, biased
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Partisan \Par"ti*san\ (p[aum]r"t[i^]*zan), n. [F., fr. It. partigiano. See Party, and cf. Partisan a truncheon.]
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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.
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(Mil.)
The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
Any member of such a corps.
Partisan \Par"ti*san\, a. [Written also partizan.]
Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
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(Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
Partisan ranger (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps.
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.
And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also partizan, 1550s, "one who takes part with another, zealous supporter," from Middle French partisan (15c.), from dialectal upper Italian partezan (Tuscan partigiano) "member of a faction, partner," from parte "part, party," from Latin partem (nominative pars), see part (n.). Sense of "guerilla fighter" is first recorded 1690s.
1708 for warfare, 1842 for politics, from partisan (n.).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. 1 serve as commander or member of a body of detached light troops: as, a partisan officer or corps. 2 adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by '''partisan''' zeal. 3 devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause: partisan politics. n. 1 An adherent to a party or faction. 2 A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. 3 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 4 (context now rare English) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy. Etymology 2
n. 1 (context historical English) A spear with a triangular, double-edged blade. 2 (context obsolete English) A soldier armed with such a weapon.
WordNet
adj. devoted to a cause or party [syn: partizan] [ant: nonpartisan]
adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination or party; "denominational prejudice" [syn: denominational]
n. a fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn: zealot, drumbeater]
an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity [syn: enthusiast, partizan]
a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries [syn: partizan]
Wikipedia
Partisan may refer to:
A partisan (also partizan) is a type of polearm that was used in Europe in the Middle Ages. It consisted of a spearhead mounted on a long shaft, usually wooden, with protrusions on the sides which aided in parrying sword thrusts. Like the halberd, it quickly became obsolete with the arrival of practical firearms, although it stayed in use for many years as a ceremonial weapon. In profile, the head of a partisan may look similar to that of a ranseur, ox tongue, or spetum; however, unlike a ranseur, the lower parts of the head have a sharpened edge.
A partisan is a member of an irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation by some kind of insurgent activity. The term can apply to the field element of resistance movements, examples of which are the civilians that opposed Nazi German or Fascist Italian rule in several countries during World War II.
In politics, a partisan is a committed member of a political party. In multi-party systems, the term is used for politicians who strongly support their party's policies and are reluctant to compromise with their political opponents.
In the United States, the meaning of the term has changed dramatically over the last 60 years. Before the American National Election Study (described in Angus Campbell et al., in The American Voter) began in 1952, an individual's partisan tendencies were typically determined from their voting behavior. Since then, "partisan" has come to refer to an individual with a psychological identification with one or the other of the major parties.
Partisan is a 2015 Australian film directed by Ariel Kleiman. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Gregori, a cult leader. The feature marks Kleiman's directorial debut. Kleiman wrote the film with his girlfriend Sarah Cyngler. It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Usage examples of "partisan".
Heinders, but the watching public had taken it comparatively quietly, seemingly more interested in watching the antics of their representatives in the hall below than encouraging any particularly partisan opinion now that a decision had been reached.
The dogmatic assertors of a future life, in a partisan spirit set upon making out the most impressive case in its behalf, have been guilty of painting frightful caricatures of the true nature and significance of the opposite conclusion.
Pope, only a very few had the respect necessary to command a two-thirds majority in the ferociously partisan balloting procedure.
Although technically any cardinal under eighty years old could become Pope, only a very few had the respect necessary to command a two-thirds majority in the ferociously partisan balloting procedure.
The progress of the monks, which was become considerable, was somewhat retarded by the death of Edred, their partisan, who expired after a reign of nine years.
Acting under him, were Marion, Lee, the Hamptons, Taylor, Horry, Mayham, and others of those active partisans who had kept alive the war from the beginning.
He was not unwilling to renew the treaty which, just one year before, he had entered into with Horry, who then acted as the lieutenant of our partisan.
It is one of the anomalies of politics that the clear-cut sentences measurably instrumental in compassing his defeat in 1888, were upon the banners of his triumphant partisans in the campaign of 1892.
Less partisan onlookers shouted their approval too as Mistal nudged Temar.
Going to the head of the Nodwengu kraal, where Panda was sitting in state with his Council, I found the whole great space in front of him crowded with a dense concourse of fierce-faced partisans, those who favoured Cetewayo--the Usutu--sitting on the right, and those who favoured Umbelazi--the Isigqosa--sitting on the left.
After four childless years of marriage Ruth and Mel have become procreative partisans in the clash between will and womb.
Hell, Ducos, the British have a cavalry screen and there are partisans and our own picquets and Cod knows how many other British sentries.
In this way, as he is reminiscing at supper one evening about his days with the early Jewish partisans outside Minsk, he learns that his own son is alive!
No doubt the marked contrast between the neighbouring people of Nova Scotia and New England was quickly discerned by so good an observer as the author proved himself to be, while his national and partisan judgments made his characterization of the Yankee to be a double-edged sword, that cut with equal keenness the Colonist and the Democrat.
Even without such clearly partisan sponsorship, this massive assemblage of the Petersburg intelligentsia in the heavily charged atmosphere created by the massacre at Bezdna, the student demonstrations, the proclamations, the arrests, and the recent sentencing of Mikhailov could hardly have avoided taking on the significance of a public protest.