Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
partizan , partizan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
- adjective Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party.
- adjective (Mil.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command.
- adjective (Mil.) a member of a partisan corps.
- noun An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.
- noun The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
- noun Any member of such a corps.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical A
spear with a triangular, double-edged blade. - noun obsolete A soldier armed with such a weapon.
- noun An
adherent to aparty orfaction . - noun A
fervent , sometimes militant,supporter or proponent of aparty , cause, faction, person, or idea. - noun A guerilla fighter; a member of detached light troops acting behind enemy lines.
- noun The
commander of a body of detached lighttroops engaged in makingforays and harassing an enemy. - adjective
Serving ascommander ormember of a body ofdetached lighttroops : as, a partisan officer or corps. - adjective
Adherent to aparty orfaction ; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal. - adjective
Devoted to orbiased in support of a party, group, or cause: partisan politics.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
- noun an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
- adjective devoted to a cause or party
- noun a fervent and even militant proponent of something
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jeremy: I wouldn't use the term partisan hack after what you just wrote.
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"I also think you can use the term partisan when it comes to style, how you express yourself and how you communicate in the public square."
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The defining characteristic of a partisan is the inability to apply the same standards to oneself as one does to the opposition.
Matthew Yglesias » Conservatives’ Unhinged Attacks on Nancy Pelosi 2009
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In his opening statement at the wide-ranging news conference, Obama announced Goolsbee's appointment and again blamed Republicans for blocking his economic platform for what he calls partisan reasons.
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In doing so, it bashed Fox News and MSNBC for what it described as their partisan leanings:
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In his opening statement at the wide-ranging news conference, Obama announced Goolsbee's appointment and again blamed Republicans for blocking his economic platform for what he calls partisan reasons.
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In doing so, it bashed Fox News and MSNBC for what it described as their partisan leanings:
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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill, who is the main sponsor of the bill in the Senate, said he was disappointed by what he called the partisan nature of the debate.
House approves DREAM Act, but passage unlikely in Senate 2010
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In remarks at the start of a wide-ranging press conference, Obama again blamed Republicans for blocking his economic platform for what he calls partisan reasons.
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Some stories we're working on right now here in THE SITUATION ROOM: more finger-pointing in Alaska, as five fellow Republicans go to court to try to stop what they call the partisan witch-hunt of Governor Palin.
kingparton commented on the word partisan
I wrote as an enthusiast and a partisan—and with, it now seems to me, a certain naiveté.
Susan Sontag, Against Interpretation and Other Essays
November 19, 2011