17 July 2018
partisan(1)
[pahr-tuh-zuh n, -suh n; British pahr-tuh-zan]
noun
1. an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
2. Military. a member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, especially a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army.
adjective
3. of, relating to, or characteristic of partisans; partial to a specific party, person, etc.:
partisan politics.
4. of, relating to, or carried on by military partisans or guerrillas.
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Also, partizan.
Origin of partisan(1)
1545-1555; < Middle French, from Upper Italian parteźan (Tuscan partigiano), equivalent to part(e) “faction, part ” + -eźan (from unattested Vulgar Latin *-ēs- -ese + Latin -iānus -ian )
Related forms
partisanship, partisanry, noun
Synonyms
3. biased, prejudiced.
Antonyms
1. opponent.
Synonym Study
1. See follower.
partisan(2)
[pahr-tuh-zuh n, -suh n]
noun
1. a shafted weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries, having as a head a long spear blade with a pair of curved lobes at the base.
Also, partizan.
Compare halberd.
Origin
1550-60; < Middle French partizane < Upper Italian parteźana, probably by ellipsis from *arma parteźana weapon borne by members of a faction; see partisan1
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Examples from the Web for partisan
Contemporary Examples
It was a rare moment of bi partisan unity in partisan Washington.
Final Chapter for Accused Africa Bomber
Jamie Dettmer
January 4, 2015
This is a job for independent committees, like Bowles-Simpson, not a partisan slugfest.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans
Philip K. Howard
December 27, 2014
The first meeting featured multiple speakers deeply rooted in a partisan agenda.
The Left’s Answer to ALEC
Ben Jacobs
December 15, 2014
And lest you be deceived, primary elections are no partisan monopoly.
Reality Check: There Are No Swing Voters
Goldie Taylor
November 13, 2014
Despite any partisan enmities, the two top politicos maintained a cordial relationship.
The McConnell Friend Obama Just Hired
Jonathan Miller
November 10, 2014
Historical Examples
In a partisan warfare this position was the best that could have been taken.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion
William Dobein James
Your young blood feels only the partisan promptings of dislike.
In the Valley
Harold Frederic
She was the partisan on Tom’s side, the adherent on her father’s.
Southern Lights and Shadows
Various
For at this moment I am sensible that I have not the temper of a philosopher; like the vulgar, I am only a partisan.
Phaedo
Plato
The two parties in Patusan were not sure which one this partisan most desired to plunder.
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad
Anagram
I Spartan
Satan rip
sin apart
Tsar pain
Today’s quote
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
– Lao Tzu
On this day
17 July 1774 – Captain James Cook arrives in New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).
17 July 1976 – 25 African countries boycott the opening ceremony of the Montreal Olympics in protest against New Zealand’s sporting links with South Africa.
17 July 1979 – In Nicaragua, Marxist Sandinista rebels overthrow the U.S. sponsored government of President Samoza, who flees to the United States.
17 July 2013 – The Queensland Maroons rugby league team win a record 8 consecutive State of Origin series against the New South Wales Blues.