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partisan

noun
/ˈpɑː.tɪˌzæn/UK/ˈpɑɹ.tɪ.zən/CA/ˈpɐː.tɪ.zæn/

Etymology

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", and in related adjective senses from the 16th century. The "guerrilla fighter" sense influenced by Serbo-Croatian partizan, Russian партиза́н (partizán), from the same source. The sense of "guerrilla fighter" is from c. 1690. The adjective in the military sense dates from the early 18th century.

  1. derived from partigiana
  2. derived from partizaine
  3. borrowed from partizaine

Definitions

  1. An adherent to a party or faction.

    • "Strong partisans of neither party, Indiana farmers failed to act as a block […]"

  2. A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person,…

    A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.

  3. A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy…

    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.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing…

      The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.

    2. Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops.

      • partisan officer, partisan corps

    3. Adherent to a party or faction

      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.
      • Having put partisan interests to one side, Greenwood set about making teamwork a watchword for her chairmanship, while seeking the broadest possible participation in subsequent inquiries.

    4. Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.

      • partisan politics

    5. A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in…

      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.
      • Salisbury and his attendants were also now drawing near, with bills and partisans brandished, and bows already bended.

    6. A soldier armed with such a weapon.

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Derived

affective partisan polarization, antipartisan, bipartisan, hyperpartisan, monopartisan, multipartisan, nonpartisan, partisanize, partisanly, postpartisan, transpartisan, tripartisan, unipartisan, unpartisan

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at partisan. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at partisan. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at partisan

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA