Partisan

Noun

 * 1) An adherent to a party or faction.
 * 2) A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
 * 3)  The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
 * 4) Any member of such troops.
 * 5)  A spear with a triangular, double-edged blade.
 * 6)  A soldier armed with such a weapon.

Adjective

 * 1) Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
 * 2) Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause: partisan politics.
 * 3) Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops: as, a partisan officer or corps.

Adjectives for Partisan
zealous; extreme; undue; conscientious; conspicuous; immovable; long-dreaded; hated; factious.

Thesaurus
loyalist, mainstay, maintainer, maquis, maquisard, myopic, narrow, narrow-minded, neighbor, nonobjective, one-sided, opinionated, other self, paranymph, parasite, parochial, partial, party, party faithful, party hack, party man, party member, party wheelhorse, patriot, patron, pickup, polarizing, polemic, prejudiced, prepossessed, promoter, protagonist, public, pugnacious, pursuer, pursuivant, quarrelsome, racist, registered Democrat, registered Republican, regular, reliance, repository, resistance, resistance fighter, rooter, satellite, second, seconder, sectarian, sectary, sectional, sexist, shadow, short-sighted, shrewish, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, stooge, successor, superpatriotic, support, supporter, sustainer, swayed, sympathizer, tagtail, tail, tendentious, trainbearer, twisted, ultranationalist, underground, underground fighter, undetached, undispassionate, unneutral, unreasoning, upholder, votary, ward heeler, warped, well-wisher, wheelhorse, wrangling, xenophobic, zealot, Conservative, Democrat, Labourite, Maecenas, Republican, Tory, VC, Vietcong, Whig, abettor, acquaintance, adherent, admirer, advocate, aficionado, aggressive, alter ego, angel, antiblack, apologist, appendage, attendant, backer, bellicose, belligerent, best friend, biased, bickering, bigoted, bipartisan, biparty, blind, booster, bosom friend, brother, buff, bushfighter, bushwhacker, casual, casual acquaintance, cavaliere servente, champion, chauvinistic, close acquaintance, close friend, cohort, colored, combative, confidant, confidante, courtier, dangler, defender, denominational, dependence, dependent, devoted, devotee, die-hard, disciple, disputatious, divisive, doctrinaire, dogmatic, encourager, endorser, enthusiast, eristic, exponent, factional, factious, familiar, fan, fanatic, favorer, fellow, fellow creature, fellowman, flunky, follower, following, freedom, friend, friend at court, guerilla, guerrilla, hanger-on, heeler, henchman, homme de cour, influenced, inseparable friend, interested, intimate, involved, irascible, irregular, irritable, jaundiced, know-nothing, limited, litigious, lover,

Alternative forms

 * partizan

Etymology 1
From partisan:, from  partigiano:, from parte:.

Etymology 2
From partizaine:, partisanne: et al., from  partigiana:, related to Etymology 1, above (apparently because it was seen as a typical weapon of such forces).

Related terms

 * part
 * party

Noun

 * Armenian: համախոհ, կողմնակից
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 * Ido:
 * Russian:, сторонник, адепт,
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 * Danish: partisoldat
 * Esperanto:


 * Finnish: puoluepukari
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Adjective

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 * Greek: μεροληπτικός
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Noun

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 * Ido:
 * Russian: протазан


 * Finnish: pertuskamies

Anagrams

 * aspirant

Noun

 * 1) supporter, proponent, advocate

Adjective

 * 1) partisan, partial
 * 2) in favour of

Etymology
From partigiano:.

Anagrams

 * aspirant