(a) partisan

Definition of (a) partisan in English English dictionary
partisan: Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause: partisan politics
partisan: Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops: as, a partisan officer or corps
partisan: A soldier armed with such a weapon
partisan: Any member of such troops
partisan: The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy
partisan: A spear with a triangular, double-edged blade
partisan: A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea
partisan: An adherent to a party or faction
while Xenophanes, the first of these partisans of the One (for Parmenides is said to have been his pupil), gave no clear statement,.
partisan: Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal
partisan: characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party
partisan: {n} a partyman, head of a party, staff
bi-partisan consensus: agreement between two political parties
non-partisan: non-partisan in AM, use nonpartisan A person or group that is non-partisan does not support or help a particular political party or group. a non-partisan organization that does economic research for business and labor groups. the president's Thanksgiving Day call for a non-partisan approach to the problem. = neutral. not supporting the ideas of any political party or group
partisan: A person who supports a political party or cause over other parties or causes
partisan: a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
partisan: one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest
partisan: devoted to a cause or party
partisan: {i} one who fervently supports a specific group or cause; guerrilla fighter
partisan: {s} siding with a specific group or cause; devoted, zealously supportive, biased; of or pertaining to guerilla fighters or guerilla warfare
partisan: A member of a resistance group operating within enemy lines using hit-and-run guerrilla tactics against occupying Germans Some partisan brigades (like Faye's) were affiliated with the Soviet Union
partisan: A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff
partisan: A devoted adherent to a cause generally nationalistic in nature; the adherent mayor may not be an armed combatant and is not normally a member of an organized military force
partisan: An adherent to a party or faction; esp
partisan: Partisans are ordinary people, rather than soldiers, who join together to fight enemy soldiers who are occupying their country. He was rescued by some Italian partisans
partisan: Any member of such a corps
partisan: adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination or party; "denominational prejudice"
partisan: Someone who is partisan strongly supports a particular person or cause, often without thinking carefully about the matter. He is clearly too partisan to be a referee
partisan: a fervent and even militant proponent of something
partisan: A person who supports a political party or cause over other parties and causes
partisan: a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries a fervent and even militant proponent of something devoted to a cause or party
partisan: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
partisan: Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps