17 July 2018 – partisan

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
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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.

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