See Also: partisan(1)(dictionary)
partisan(2)(dictionary)
non-partisan(dictionary)
partisan 1, adjective(dictionary)
partisan 2, noun(dictionary)

partisan(1) (iou)



partisan noun1 & adjective. Also partizan. M16.

A. noun.
An adherent or supporter of a party, person, or cause; esp. a zealous supporter; a prejudiced, unreasoning, or fanatical adherent. M16.
P. Gay He appointed himself Freud's heated partisan, energetically defending psychoanalytic innovations.
Military.
a. A member of a party of light or irregular troops employed in making surprise attacks; a guerrilla, spec. (also Partisan) one operating in enemy-occupied Yugoslavia, Italy, and parts of eastern Europe in the war of 1939-45. L17.
New Left Review The struggle..between the Yugoslav Partisans and the Nazi occupation forces.
b. A commander of such a body of light or irregular troops; a guerrilla leader. E18.
b. adjective.
Of or pertaining to military partisans; pertaining to irregular or guerrilla warfare. E18.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a partisan; supporting a party, esp. zealously; prejudiced, one-sided. M19.
F. Smyth He is not partisan;..his evidence is available to prosecution and defence counsel. Willy Russell Criticism is never subjective and should not be confused with partisan interpretation.
partisanly adverb M19.
partisanship noun zealous support for a party, person, or cause; lack of impartiality: M19.