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partizan

Partisan \Par"ti*san\ (p[aum]r"t[i^]*zan), n. [F., fr. It. partigiano. See Party, and cf. Partisan a truncheon.]

  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.)

    1. The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.

    2. Any member of such a corps.

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partizan

n. 1 (alternative spelling of partisan English) 2 (context obsolete English) A weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries consisting of a pike with a long double-edged blade, similar to a halberd.

WordNet
partizan
  1. adj. devoted to a cause or party [syn: partisan] [ant: nonpartisan]

  2. n. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity [syn: enthusiast, partisan]

  3. a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries [syn: partisan]

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Partizan

Partizan may refer to:

Partizan (band)

Partizan is a Romanian rock band founded in Bucharest, Romania in 2001. The initial line-up was made up of former Timpuri noi members Adrian Pleșca, Răzvan Moldovan, Cătălin Neagu and Florin Barbu, with the latter two leaving the band by 2002.

The band has recorded two studio albums, one single and has made three music videos with a line up consisting of Adrian Pleșca, Răzvan Moldovan, Vali Neamțu (ex- Iris), Cristian Sandu (ex- Krypton), Vasile Malic and Dan Mușetescu. One of the music videos, for the song Dușmănia, was never aired on television, however the other two videos (for the songs Fata mea and Banii) received airplay on Romanian music televisions. Fata mea was one of the Romanian hit songs of the year 2002.

Partizan split up in 2004 when Adrian Pleșca decided to reform his old band, Timpuri Noi. However in 2011, after a seven-year hiatus, the band returned to an active status.

Partizan (rural locality)

Partizan is the name of several rural localities in Russia:

  • Partizan, Krasnodar Krai, a khutor in Skobelevsky Stanitsa Okrug of Gulkevichsky District in Krasnodar Krai;
  • Partizan, Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai, a settlement under the administrative jurisdiction of Ussuriysk City Under Krai Jurisdiction in Primorsky Krai
  • Partizan, Partizansky District, Primorsky Krai, a settlement in Partizansky District of Primorsky Krai
  • Partizan, Rostov Oblast, a khutor in Kirovskoye Rural Settlement of Tselinsky District in Rostov Oblast
  • Partizan, Sakha Republic, a selo in Partizansky Rural Okrug of Namsky District in the Sakha Republic
  • Partizan, Tula Oblast, a settlement in Partizanskaya Rural Administration of Uzlovsky District in Tula Oblast
  • Partizan, Tyumen Oblast, a settlement in Partizansky Rural Okrug of Abatsky District in Tyumen Oblast
  • Partizan, Voronezh Oblast, a settlement in Oktyabrskoye Rural Settlement of Paninsky District in Voronezh Oblast

Usage examples of "partizan".

The population was, on the whole, better inclined to us than the army, nor did they show so much a disposition to wage what is called a partizan war, as to risk the fate of their country and the endurance of their power upon regular warfare, conducted in well-arranged campaigns and general battle.

It was well understood that the connection of the noble viscount with the whig government was not from any partizan predilections, but from approval of their foreign policy, and from a patriotic desire to maintain the honour and credit of the country in its relation to other states, by devoting his diplomatic talent and experience to the conduct of the foreign office.

In politics he was a whig partizan, but was not at heart attached to any school of politics.

There was a man, a gentleman and a knight, who had been a partizan of the White Rose, and who had fought and bled for it in various battles between the Duke of York and Henry VI.

All these reflexions coursed themselves through his brain, while, with the zeal of a partizan, and the fervour of one wedded to the justice of his cause, he revolved every probable change of time and fortune.

The Lord Fitzwater, a partizan of Henry, was then sojourning at Lisle.

King of England, not his monarch, but the partizan of Ormond, and therefore an enemy.

The establishment of Augustus on the throne of Poland was in some measure owing to the conduct of Peter the czar of Muscovy, who having formed great designs against the Ottoman Porte, was very unwilling to see the crown of Poland possessed by a partizan of France, which was in alliance with the grand seignor.

Mzu, prevent her from handing over the Alchemist to the Garissan partizan movement, retrieve the Alchemist.

Garissan partizan movement had pursued a course of consistently lacklustre activity.

Tunja system who knew the real reason for forming the Garissan partizan movement.

The partizan bodyguards were all sprawled on the floor with limbs twitching erratically.

The partizan leadership had been caught by the nerve short-out pulses, but the door and security screening had saved them from the worst effects.

He was never a good partizan, although all his life engaged in intrigues.

Now, I will not pretend to be anything but a strong partizan in this matter.