What (who) is partisan - definition
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partisan
(partisans)
1.
Someone who is partisan strongly supports a particular person or cause, often without thinking carefully about the matter.
He is clearly too partisan to be a referee.
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2.
Partisans are ordinary people, rather than soldiers, who join together to fight enemy soldiers who are occupying their country.
He was rescued by some Italian partisans.
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partisan
I. n.
1.
Adherent, follower, supporter, disciple, champion, votary, party-man.
2.
Truncheon, staff, b?ton.
3.
Halberd, pike.
4.
Quarter-staff.
II. a.
Factionary, biassed.
Partisan
·noun Any member of such a corps.
II. Partisan ·noun A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
III. Partisan ·adj Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
IV. Partisan ·noun The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an Enemy.
V. Partisan ·noun An adherent to a party or faction; ·esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an Interest.
VI. Partisan ·adj Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
Pronunciation examples for partisan
1. with these very partisan, hyper-partisan times,
Amanda Nguyen _ How Rise is Supporting Survivors _ Talks at Google
2. partisan media,
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3. I am partisan.
The Ethics of Invention _ Prof Sheila Jasanoff _ Talks at Google
4. forget the partisan politics.
The Global Rise of the Far Right _ Atul Singh _ Talks at Google
5. Partisan politics, nothing more.
The Measure of a Nation _ Howard Friedman _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of partisan
1. That‘s taking a rather partisan –– a pro–Bush partisan –– view of the national interest.
2. Partisan overtones Some reaction to the CBO report had predictably partisan overtones.
3. Let‘s hope partisan bloggers on the one side help expose abuses by partisan bloggers on the other.
4. Putting the nation‘s interest above partisan goals?
5. Democrats contended he is unseasoned and partisan.