partisan Alternative forms
* partizan
Etymology 1
From (etyl) partisan, from (etyl) .
English from the mid-16th century. The sense of "guerilla fighter" is from c. 1690.
The adjective in the military sense dates from the early 18th century, in the political sense since 1842.
Noun
( en noun)
An adherent to a party or faction.
* 1924 : ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 5.
- while Xenophanes, the first of these partisans of the One (for Parmenides is said to have been his pupil), gave no clear statement,
A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter
The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
Related terms
* part
* party
Adjective
( en adjective)
Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops: as, a partisan officer or corps.
Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause: partisan politics.
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Etymology 2
From (etyl) partizaine, (partisanne) et al., from (etyl) partigiana, related to Etymology 1, above (apparently because it was seen as a typical weapon of such forces).
Noun
( en noun)
(historical) A spear with a triangular, double-edged blade.
(obsolete) A soldier armed with such a weapon.
See also
* halberd
Anagrams
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confederate English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)
Noun
( en noun)
a member of a confederacy
an accomplice in a plot
* Macaulay
- He found some of his confederates in gaol.
(psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher (also known as a "stooge").
Adjective
( en adjective)
of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
banded together; allied.
* Shakespeare
- All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.
Quotations
* , Youth's Antiphony, lines 11-12
*: Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng,
*: Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleas
Verb
(en-verb)
To combine into a confederacy.
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