PARTISAN
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Par"ti*san (p&ä;r"tĭ*z&aitalic_;n), n. [F., fr. It. partigiano. See Party, and cf. Partisan a truncheon.] [Written also partizan.] 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.
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Both sides had their partisans in the colony.
Jefferson.
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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.
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Par"ti*san, a. [Written also partizan.] 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.
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2. (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
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Partisan ranger (Mil.), a member of a partisan corps.
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Par"ti*san, n. [F. pertuisane, prob. fr. It. partigiana, influenced in French by OF. pertuisier to pierce. It was prob. so named as the weapon of some partisans, or party men. Cf. Partisan one of a corps of light troops.] A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
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And make him with our pikes and partisans a grave.
Shak.
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