partigiano
/ˌpɑːtɪˈdʒɑːnəʊ/Italian History
noun
A member of the Italian resistance during the Second World War (1939–45); an Italian partisan.
- The resistance movement, comprising several disparate political and partisan groups, was principally active in northern and central Italy after April 1943, when several of the parties involved signed an agreement to work together to overthrow fascism..
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Eric Linklater (1899–1974), writer. From Italian partigiano.