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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024par•ti•san1 /ˈpɑrtəzən, -sən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta believer in, or follower of, a person or cause, esp. one who shows an unthinking loyalty.
- Governmenta member of a guerrilla group of soldiers fighting an occupying army:The partisans were able to escape into the surrounding hills.
adj. [before a noun] - Governmentof, relating to, or characteristic of partisans:partisan bickering over the trade bill.
par•ti•san•ship, n. [uncountable]Partisanship kept the new trade bill from being passed.See -par-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•ti•san1 (pär′tə zən, -sən; Brit. pär′tə zan′),USA pronunciation n. - Governmentan adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, esp. a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
- Militarya member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, esp. a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army.
adj. - Governmentof, pertaining to, or characteristic of partisans;
partial to a specific party, person, etc.:partisan politics. - Militaryof, pertaining to, or carried on by military partisans or guerrillas.
Also, partizan. - Vulgar Latin *-ēs- -ese + Latin -iānus -ian)
- Upper Italian parteźan (Tuscan partigiano), equivalent. to part(e) faction, part + -eźan (
- Middle French
- 1545–55
par′ti•san•ship′, par′ti•san•ry, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See follower.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged biased, prejudiced.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged opponent.
par•ti•san2 (pär′tə zən, -sən),USA pronunciation n. - a shafted weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries, having as a head a long spear blade with a pair of curved lobes at the base.
Also, partizan. Cf. halberd. - Upper Italian parteźana, probably by ellipsis from *arma parteźana weapon borne by members of a faction; see partisan1
- Middle French partizane
- 1550–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: partisan, partizan /ˌpɑːtɪˈzæn; ˈpɑːtɪˌzæn/ n - an adherent or devotee of a cause, party, etc
- a member of an armed resistance group within occupied territory, esp in Italy or the Balkans in World War II
- (as modifier): partisan forces
adj - of, relating to, or characteristic of a partisan
- relating to or excessively devoted to one party, faction, etc; one-sided
Etymology: 16th Century: via French, from Old Italian partigiano, from parte faction, from Latin pars partˌpartiˈsanship, ˌpartiˈzanship n |