Definition of partisan

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Partisan (a.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps..

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Partisan :: Partisan (n.) A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff..
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist..
Zealot :: Zealot (n.) One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan..
Machine :: Machine (n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends..
Partisan :: Partisan (a.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps..
Adherent :: Adherent (n.) One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory..
Jacobite :: "Jacobite (n.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary..
Herodian :: Herodian (n.) One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ..
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) Any member of such a corps.
Mossback :: Mossback (n.) A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.
Factionary :: Factionary (a.) Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides.
Slang-whanger :: Slang-whanger (n.) One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan.
Spoilsmonger :: Spoilsman (n.) One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service..
Terrorist :: Terrorist (n.) One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France..
Sidesman :: Sidesman (n.) A party man; a partisan.
Knight :: Knight (n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover.
Carlist :: Carlist (n.) A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain..
Miquelet :: Miquelet (n.) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for..
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