meaning of partisan
1. An adherent to a party or faction; esp. , one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.
2. The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
3. Any member of such a corps.
4. Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
5. Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
6. A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
7. a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
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