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Meanings of partisans in inglés

ruso
партизан
portugués
grupo guerrilheiro
español
organización guerrillera
catalán
organització guerrillera

Military organization practicing irregular warfare against a larger and less-mobile traditional military.

organización guerrillera
Usage of partisans in inglés
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Among the partisans of slavery were the majority of the Illinois Legislature.
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
2
I cannot remain as I am; I have yet resources and partisans.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 12
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MDM partisans then attacked the nearby Frelimo party headquarters, burning several cars.
Reuters
4
They removed the magistrates and appointed their own partisans in their stead.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
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But they reckoned without the partisans of M. Venizelos in their midst.
Greece and the Allies, 1914-1922
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You don't drain it by replacing one set of partisans with another.
Reuters
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He was the savagest and most bloodthirsty of all the Mexican partisans.
On the Pampas; Or, The Young Settlers
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The warmest partisans of the enterprise now became its most ardent detractors.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
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While thus engaged a party of the Douglas partisans entered the smithy.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
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Brigandage persisted, and the Midi was ravaged by the struggles of partisans.
The Psychology of Revolution
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Its partisans are not only incomprehensible, they are not really worth comprehending.
The Guardian
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Upward of 300 of his partisans were slain on the same day.
A Smaller History of Rome
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Even Samuel and all the hottest partisans of Daniel Povey recognized it.
The Old Wives' Tale
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Seven or eight other tanks had arrived and were harassing the partisans.
The forgotten soldier
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In different degrees they were all partisans, but of a manly type.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
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He was not of the stuff of which hot partisans are made.
In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince
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