noun Download 🔗Share An adherent to a party or faction. Examples : "The student was a strong partisan of the school's debate team. " politics government group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. Examples : "The student's partisan views on the school election made it hard to have a productive debate. " politics government person attitude state group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter. Examples : "The partisan group disrupted the enemy's supply lines, causing significant delays. " military war politics person group government nation history action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy. Examples : "The partisan, a small group of soldiers, harassed the enemy's supply lines. " military war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops. Examples : "partisan officer, partisan corps" military politics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party. Examples : "They were blinded by partisan zeal." politics government attitude character organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause. Examples : "partisan politics" politics government attitude group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting. Examples : "The museum display showed a knight holding a partisan, its sharp blade gleaming under the light. " weapon military utensil history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A soldier armed with such a weapon. Examples : "In the historical reenactment, the partisan stood guard with his polearm, ready to defend the village. " military weapon war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading