Found 2 items, similar to partizan.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: partizan partizan adj : devoted to a cause or party [syn: partisan] [ant: nonpartisan] n 1: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity [syn: enthusiast, partisan] 2: a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries [syn: partisan]
English → English (gcide) Definition: partizan Partisan \Par"ti*san\ (p[aum]r"t[i^]*zan), n. [F., fr. It. partigiano. See Party, and cf. Partisan a truncheon.] [Written also partizan.] 1. An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest. “The violence of a partisan.” --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Both sides had their partisans in the colony. --Jefferson. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) (a) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy. (b) Any member of such a corps. [1913 Webster]