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Adjective: partizan  paar-ti-zun [N. Amer], ,paa-ti'zan or 'paa-ti,zan or paa-ti-zun [Brit]
  1. Devoted to a cause or party
    - partisan
Noun: partizan  paar-ti-zun [N. Amer], ,paa-ti'zan or 'paa-ti,zan or paa-ti-zun [Brit]
  1. An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
    - enthusiast, partisan
     
  2. A pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
    - partisan

Derived forms: partizans

See also: party-spirited, tendentious

Type of: admirer, booster, champion, friend, pike, protagonist, supporter

Antonym: nonpartisan

Encyclopedia: Partizan, Voronezh Oblast