partisan: Meaning and Definition of

par•ti•san

1. an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, esp. a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
2. a member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, esp. a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army.

1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of partisans; partial to a specific party, person, etc.: partisan politics.
2. of, pertaining to, or carried on by military partisans or guerrillas.

par•ti•san

1. a shafted weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries, having as a head a long spear blade with a pair of curved lobes at the base.