Lexic.us

Definition of Partizan

1. Adjective. Devoted to a cause or party.

2. Noun. An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity.

3. Noun. A pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries.

Definition of Partizan

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of partisan) ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A weapon of the 16^th and 17^th centuries consisting of a pike with a long double-edged blade, similar to a halberd. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Partizan

1. partisan [n -S] - See also: partisan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Partizan

partitioned off partitioner partitioners partitioning partitionings partitionist partitionists partitionment partitionments partitions

partitive partitive case partitive cases partitively partitives partizan (current term) partizans partizanship partizanships partless

partlets partly partner partner in crime partner off partner relation partnerdom partnered partnering

Literary usage of Partizan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Safe and Unsafe Democracy: A Commentary on Political Administration in the by Henry Ware Jones (1918)
"Such a " Representative " is usually a partizan of the " Regular " stripe. He is one in whom the " Party Management " has confidence; that is, ..."

2. Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War (1893)
"But the partizan branch of the service having been brought into disrepute by the worse than futile efforts of others, his superior officers at first refused ..."

3. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"Peace, order and law, succeeding to tumult, and chaos, and violence, the character of the partizan became merged in that of the citizen and patriot; ..."

4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"Dante, who was regarded as a partizan of the Bianchi, and who was at that time on an embassy at Rome, was proscribed in his absence; and the poet and ..."

5. An Inquiry Into the Condition and Prospects of the African Race in the by An American (1839)
"Some slave states have begun the work—reasons for government interference—partizan politics, the curse of our country—the only hope of benevolence in the ..."

6. History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to by Alden Bradford (1840)
"... not possible to conceive, that they will find greater difficulties in their operations when that enemy shall cease to exist. corrupt and partizan loans. ..."

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