partisan
Meaning of partisan
noun
- An adherent to a party or faction.
- A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
- A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter.
- The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
- 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.
They were blinded by partisan zeal.
- Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.
partisan politics
- A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting.
- A soldier armed with such a weapon.
Information about partisan
- The plural form of partisan is: partisans.
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Hyphenation of partisan
par-ti-san
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- partisan is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
partisan synonyms
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Translation of partisan
- German: Partisanin, Guerilla, Partisan
- French: guérilla
- Italian: guerriglia
- Portuguese: guerrilha
- Spanish: guerrillero
Anagrams of partisan
Words that rhyme with partisan
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