Thesaurus: partisan

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1. n. An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.
2. n. The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
3. n. Any member of such a corps.
4. a. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
5. a. Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
6. n. A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
7. adj. devoted to a cause or party
8. n. a fervent and even militant proponent of something
9. n. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
10. n. a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
11. 1. An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest. "The violence of a partisan." Macaulay. Both sides had their partisans in the colony. Jefferson. 2. (Mil.) (a) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy. (b) Any member of such a corps. 1. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal. 2. (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps. Partisan ranger (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps. A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff. And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave. Shak.
12. Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisanofficer or corps. Partisan ranger (Mil.), a member of a partisancorps.