partisan
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noun \ˈpär-tə-zən, -sən, -ˌzan, chiefly British ˌpär-tə-ˈzan\Definition of PARTISAN
1
: a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance
2
a : a member of a body of detached light troops making forays and harassing an enemy b : a member of a guerrilla band operating within enemy lines
— partisan adjective
— par·ti·san·ly \-lē\ adverb
— par·ti·san·ship \-ˌship\ noun
Variants of PARTISAN
par·ti·san also par·ti·zan \ˈpär-tə-zən, -sən, -ˌzan, chiefly British ˌpär-tə-ˈzan\
Origin of PARTISAN
Middle French partisan, from north Italian dialect partiźan, from part part, party, from Latin part-, pars part
First Known Use: 1555
Rhymes with PARTISAN
advance man, Alcoran, also-ran, Ameslan, anchorman, as one man, astrakhan, Astrakhan, ataman, Athelstan, attackman, balmacaan, Bantustan, bartizan, black-and-tan, bogeyman, boogeyman, businessman, Caliban, cameraman, caravan, cattleman, Civitan, cornerman, counterman, counterplan, countryman, courtesan, cutoff man, dairyman, defenseman, detail man, everyman, exciseman, expressman, family man, fancy-dan, fancy man, frying pan, funnyman, gamelan, garageman, garbageman, Hamadan, handyman, harmattan, hatchet man, Hindustan, hotelman, in the can, Isle of Man, jerrican, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, leading man, man-for-man, man-to-man, master plan, middleman, minivan, minuteman, Monaghan, moneyman, mountain man, muscleman, Occitan, ombudsman, Omdurman, overman, Pakistan, Parmesan, pattypan, Peking man, Peter Pan, pivotman, plainclothesman, Port Sudan, Powhatan, rather than, repairman, rewrite man, safetyman, sandwich man, selectman, serviceman, signalman, spick-and-span, superman, tallyman, tamarin, to a man, triggerman, trimaran, turbofan, Turkistan, vacuum pan, weatherman, workingman, yataghan
2par·ti·san
noun \ˈpär-tə-zən, -sən\Definition of PARTISAN
: a weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries with long shaft and broad blade
Variants of PARTISAN
par·ti·san or par·ti·zan \ˈpär-tə-zən, -sən\
Origin of PARTISAN
Middle French partisane, from north Italian dialect partiźana, feminine of partiźan
First Known Use: 1556
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