partisan

Definition von partisan im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause: partisan politics; Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops: as, a partisan officer or corps; A soldier armed with such a weapon; Any member of such troops; A spear with a triangular, double-edged blade; A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea; The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy; An adherent to a party or faction
while Xenophanes, the first of these partisans of the One (for Parmenides is said to have been his pupil), gave no clear statement,.; Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal; characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party; {n} a partyman, head of a party, staff; A person who supports a political party or cause over other parties or causes; a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries; one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest; devoted to a cause or party; {i} one who fervently supports a specific group or cause; guerrilla fighter; {s} siding with a specific group or cause; devoted, zealously supportive, biased; of or pertaining to guerilla fighters or guerilla warfare; A member of a resistance group operating within enemy lines using hit-and-run guerrilla tactics against occupying Germans Some partisan brigades (like Faye's) were affiliated with the Soviet Union; A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff; A devoted adherent to a cause generally nationalistic in nature; the adherent mayor may not be an armed combatant and is not normally a member of an organized military force; An adherent to a party or faction; esp; Partisans are ordinary people, rather than soldiers, who join together to fight enemy soldiers who are occupying their country. He was rescued by some Italian partisans; Any member of such a corps; adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination or party; "denominational prejudice"; Someone who is partisan strongly supports a particular person or cause, often without thinking carefully about the matter. He is clearly too partisan to be a referee; a fervent and even militant proponent of something; A person who supports a political party or cause over other parties and causes; a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries a fervent and even militant proponent of something devoted to a cause or party; an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity; Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps
partizan: Alternative spelling of partisan
partizan: A weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries consisting of a pike with a long double-edged blade, similar to a halberd
bi-partisan consensus: agreement between two political parties
non-partisan: non-partisan in AM, use nonpartisan A person or group that is non-partisan does not support or help a particular political party or group. a non-partisan organization that does economic research for business and labor groups. the president's Thanksgiving Day call for a non-partisan approach to the problem. = neutral. not supporting the ideas of any political party or group
partisans: plural of partisan
partisanship: An inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality
partisanship: {i} siding with a particular faction; support or endorsement
partisanship: The state of being a partisan, or adherent to a party; feelings or conduct appropriate to a partisan
partisanship: an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives
partisanship: Partisanship is support for a person or group without fair consideration of the facts and circumstances. His politics were based on loyal partisanship. = prejudice
partizan: devoted to a cause or party
partizan: {i} person who supports a specific party; guerrilla fighter
partizan: a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
partizan: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity