par|ti|san

par|ti|san
par|ti|san1 «PAHR tuh zuhn», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a strong supporter of a person, party, or cause; one whose support is based on feeling rather than on reasoning: »

He was a passionate partisan of these people and had organized a Workers' Union (Edmund Wilson).

 SYNONYM(S): follower, adherent, disciple.
2. a member of light, irregular troops or armed civilians; guerrilla.
–adj.
of or like a partisan: »

There are often partisan favors in politics. Leadership is either partisan or scientific. Partisan leadership takes sides (Emory S. Bogardus).

 Also, partizan.
╂[< Middle French partisan, adaptation of dialectal Italian partezan, variant of partigiano < parte part < Latin pars, partis part]
par|ti|san2 «PAHR tuh zuhn», noun.
a weapon with a broad blade like a halberd and a long shaft like a pike, carried by foot soldiers in the 1500's and on ceremonial occasions by the bodyguards of a great personage. Also, partizan.
╂[< Middle French partizane < Italian partesana, or partigiana < Medieval Latin (Spain) partesana. Compare Old High German parta halberd.]

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