LekhoriLekhoriAn adherent to a party or faction.
"Strong partisans of neither party, Indiana farmers failed to act as a block […]"
A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting.
I had as lief have a reed that will do me no service as a partisan I could not heave.
Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops.
partisan officer, partisan corps
Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party.
From French partisan, from Italian partigiano (“defender of a party”), from parte (“part”). Doublet of partigiano. Attested in English from the late 15th century in the noun sense of "party adherent",...
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They were blinded by partisan zeal.
Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.
partisan politics