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Meanings of partizan in English

Catalan
partidari
Spanish
partidario

An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity.

partidari

Devoted to a cause or party.

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Examples for "partisan"
Examples for "partisan"
1
That's a problem for government to solve -and a partisan issue.
Reuters
2
Recently, however, the Trump Foundation has come under media and partisan scrutiny.
BBC
3
Agreement across all parties is unusual in our highly partisan political system.
The Irish Times
4
He agreed that Congress must put aside partisan politics on the issue.
The Irish Times
5
Of course the colonel knew about the partisan activity in this sector.
The Wolf’s Hour
Usage of partizan in English
1
By the side of the partizan motives stalked the desire for gain.
The Boss and the Machine: A Chronicle of the Politicians and Par...
2
A partizan of the Commune had determined to profit by the decree.
Paris under the Commune / The Seventy-Three Days of the Second S...
3
There were five people making up the executive of Ayacucho's partizan group.
The Neutronium Alchemist
4
Non-standard spellings: partizan, despatch, Kenesaw, skilful, practised, intrenchments, brevetted, reconnoissance, Chili, envelop.
Forty-Six Years in the Army
5
He was never a good partizan, although all his life engaged in intrigues.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
6
The partizan bodyguards were all sprawled on the floor with limbs twitching erratically.
The Neutronium Alchemist
7
They could scatter and meet again, and so continue a partizan warfare indefinitely.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln / Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's...
8
I have no quarrel with your partizan creed, no matter what it is.
The Young Man and the World
9
He is a more violent partizan than I have ever been.
A Lost Leader
10
The Ring's hold upon the legislature was through bribery, not through partizan adhesion.
The Boss and the Machine: A Chronicle of the Politicians and Par...
11
Both are generally born of ignorance, a partizan spirit, and exaggeration.
The Divine Office: A Study of the Roman Breviary
12
Yet you will give him a chance to make a partizan of me?
The Grafters
13
And be a hearty partizan while you are about it.
The Young Man and the World
14
Thus a partizan met with a pair of garden shears.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
15
Here, again, I fancy that partizan prejudice had something to do with the dislike.
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
16
There were at that time five enterprising newspapers, four frankly partizan and one independent.
Half a Rogue
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Translations for partizan
Catalan
partidari
Spanish
partidario
Partizan through the time