Hypertext Webster Gateway: "partizan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Partisan \Par"ti*san\, 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.
Both sides had their partisans in the colony.
--Jefferson.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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