PARTISAN
\pˈɑːtɪsən], \pˈɑːtɪsən], \p_ˈɑː_t_ɪ_s_ə_n]\
Definitions of PARTISAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
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a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
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devoted to a cause or party
By Princeton University
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an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
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a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
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devoted to a cause or party
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.
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Any member of such a corps.
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Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
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Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
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A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
By Oddity Software
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An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.
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Any member of such a corps.
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Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
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Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
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A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
By Noah Webster.
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A devoted follower, especially of a political cause or faction.
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Pertaining to, or in favor of, a person, cause, or faction.
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Partisanship.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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