Partisan - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpɑːrtəzn|
Brit.
|ˈpɑːtɪzan|
noun
- a fervent and even militant proponent of something (syn: zealot)
- an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity (syn: enthusiast)
- a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
- an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity (syn: enthusiast)
- a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
adjective
- devoted to a cause or party
Extra examples
British newspapers are highly partisan.
...after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling...
...a partisan news program whose host is more of a lickspittle for the White House than a serious journalist...
...there was a period of primal idealism after the founding of the republic and before the rise of partisan politics...
...the bill's failure to pass in the legislature was due to nothing more than partisan spleen...
Word forms
noun
singular: partisan
plural: partisans
singular: partisan
plural: partisans
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