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    [Noun]  | "par*ti*san" | \ ˈpär-tə-zən \


    1: a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance

    2: a member of a body of detached light troops making forays and harassing an enemy

    3: a member of a guerrilla band operating within enemy lines

    Origin: 1555 ;

     Middle French partisan, from north Italian dialect partiźan, from part part, party, from Latin part-, pars part;

    [Noun]  | "par*ti*san" | \ ˈpär-tə-zən \


    1: a weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries with long shaft and broad blade

    Origin: 1542 ;

     Middle French partisane, from north Italian dialect partiźana, feminine of partiźan;

    [Adjective]  | "partisan" 


    1: feeling, showing, or deriving from strong and sometimes blind adherence to a particular party, faction, cause, or person : exhibiting, characterized by, or resulting from partisanship

    2: of, carried on by, or being military partisans

    Origin: 1708 ;

    [Adjective]  | "partisan" 


    1: inclined to favor one side over another;


      * e.g., " ... a shamelessly partisan reporter covering the primary campaign "




    [Noun]  | "partisan" 


    1: one who follows the opinions or teachings of another;


      * e.g., " ... partisans of the charismatic leader refuse to tolerate any criticism of him at all "




    2: one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause;


      * e.g., " ... a partisan of the revolution who was even willing to give her life for it "




    3: one who stubbornly or intolerantly adheres to his or her own opinions and prejudices;


      * e.g., " ... she's too much of a political partisan to ever concede that the other side might have a valid point "



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     [ "partisan" ]

    1: n. a kickass type of spear. Check out Final Fantasy VII for it, it's one of Cid's weapons.

      * e.g.,  ... Partisan can be purchased in Mideel for 18,000 gil. 

     [ "Partisanism" ]

    1: One of two things that George Washington warned us about before retiring and everyone completely ignored him instantly. Few people realize that George Washington warned America not to form political parties, only nobody listened and here we are, lost in perpetual gridlock. He also warned us about forming permanent alliances with foreign countries(e.g. NATO and UN).

      * e.g.,  ... Worker #1:"Hey, you registered as a Democrat or Republican?" Worker #2:"Neither. I'm registered as an independent. Partisanism has to be the worst idea since the electoral college." 

     [ "Partisan" ]

    1: One who caters greatly to one side, with a fanatical zeal usaully.

      * e.g.,  ... Partisans are less annoying when they're not communist America hating bastards like Not Proud To Be An American. 

     [ "Partisan" ]

    2: See Not Proud To Be An American

     [ "Partisan" ]

    1: Valuing the good of the tribe over the good of all.

      * e.g.,  ... "Billy rose to the top of his small town community after adopting a brishly partisan stance against city people, a small challenge considering all people opposing him were far away in the city or too scattered to protest." 

     [ "Partisan" ]

    1: What most voters think they aren't when they are.

      * e.g.,  ... Im sick of these liberals. They are so far left they the definition of partisan. 

     [ "Partisan" ]

    1: Someone who puts party before country. See also Traitor.

      * e.g.,  ... These partisan scum are willing to start a civil war over an election between two candidates who are no different from each other. 

     [ "partisans" ]

    1: an old school punk band with a fast tempo and good lyrics not scream but not sung a great band

      * e.g.,  ... i dont give a fuck 

     [ "Partisan" ]

    1: A term used by people that don’t know nuance.

      * e.g.,  ... Your ideas on Social Darwinism sound partisan. 

     [ "Partisanism" ]

    1: Like racism except that the person assumes something about someone due to their political beliefs instead of race. Someone who does this would be a partisanist.

      * e.g.,  ... Republicans who assume all Democrats support Obama's policies are guilty of partisanism. 

     [ "Partisan hack" ]

    1: Matthew Kacsmaryk

      * e.g.,  ... The faithful partisan hack Matthew Kacsmaryk applies the laws differently based on the party that appointed him with little grasp of logic or fairness. 

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