Definition of partisan

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Partisan (n.) An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest..

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Partisan :: Partisan (a.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps..
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory..
Knight :: Knight (n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover.
Machine :: Machine (n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends..
Herodian :: Herodian (n.) One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ..
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest..
Mossback :: Mossback (n.) A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.
Miquelet :: Miquelet (n.) An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
Dissension :: Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel..
Factionary :: Factionary (a.) Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides.
Zealot :: Zealot (n.) One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan..
Sidesman :: Sidesman (n.) A party man; a partisan.
Jacobite :: "Jacobite (n.) A partisan or adherent of James the Second, after his abdication, or of his descendants, an opposer of the revolution in 1688 in favor of William and Mary..
Sectarianism :: Sectarianism (n.) The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the interests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational zeal; adherence to a separate church organization.
Adherent :: Adherent (n.) One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church..
Chartist :: Chartist (n.) A supporter or partisan of chartism.
Carlist :: Carlist (n.) A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain..
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff..
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