partisan | ||
1. | [ adjective ] (politics) affiliated with one party or faction | |
Related terms: | aligned | |
2. | [ noun ] an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | |
Synonyms: | enthusiast partizan | |
Related terms: | supporter sports_fan balletomane fanatic backslapper shutterbug gadgeteer addict | |
3. | [ adjective ] (politics) devoted to a cause or party | |
Synonyms: | partizan | |
Related terms: | nonpartisan guerrilla party-spirited tendentious biased party one-sided | |
4. | [ noun ] a fervent and even militant proponent of something | |
Synonyms: | drumbeater zealot | |
Related terms: | advocate dogmatist bigot | |
5. | [ adjective ] adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination or party | |
Synonyms: | denominational | |
Examples: | "denominational prejudice" |
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Related terms: | sectarian | |
6. | [ noun ] (military,medieval,arms) a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries | |
Synonyms: | partizan | |
Related terms: | pike | |
Similar spelling: |
partizan participant partsong Particia parts parts_bin paradisal Partyka paretic paradisaic particle Paradis |