partisan
31partisan — par|ti|san1 [ partı zən ] adjective * showing strong and usually unfair support for one particular person, group, or idea: They were cheered on by a partisan crowd of about 20,000 fans. partisan reporting in the paper partisan par|ti|san 2 [… …
32partisan — I. noun also partizan Etymology: Middle French partisan, from north Italian dialect partiźan, from part part, party, from Latin part , pars part Date: 1555 1. a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; especially one exhibiting blind …
33partisan — 1. noun /ˈpɑː.tɪˌzæn,ˌpɑː.təˈzæn,ˈpɑɹ.tɪ.zən,ˈpɑɹ.tə.zən/ a) 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, b) A fervent,… …
34partisan — [16] Etymologically, a partisan is someone who takes a ‘part’ – in the sense ‘side’ 369 pastry or ‘cause’. The word comes via French partisan from partisano, a dialect form of mainstream Italian partigiano, which was based on parte ‘part’. =>… …
35partisan — 1 adjective 1 supporting a particular party, plan or leader and disliking all others: a partisan report 2 partisan struggle/conflict the continuing fight of an armed group against an enemy that has defeated its country 2 noun (C) 1 someone who… …
36partisan — [16] Etymologically, a partisan is someone who takes a ‘part’ – in the sense ‘side’ or ‘cause’. The word comes via French partisan from partisano, a dialect form of mainstream Italian partigiano, which was based on parte ‘part’. Cf.⇒ PART …
37partisan — See bipartisan. See bipartisan, partisan, bipartite …
38partisan — adj. Partisan is used with these nouns: ↑crowd, ↑divide, ↑politics …
39Partisan — ↑ Partisanin Aufständischer, Aufständische, Freiheitskämpfer, Freiheitskämpferin, Freischärler, Freischärlerin, Guerillero, Guerillera, Rebell, Rebellin, Untergrundkämpfer, Untergrundkämpferin, Widerstandskämpfer, Widerstandskämpferin. * * *… …
40Partisan — Par|ti|san der; Gen. s u. en, Plur. en <aus gleichbed. fr. partisan, dies aus it. partigiano, eigtl. »Parteigänger; Verfechter«, zu parte »Teil; Partei«, dies aus lat. pars, vgl. ↑Part> jmd., der nicht als regulärer Soldat, sondern als… …
