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单词 partisan
释义 partisan
partisan1
 —partisanship, partisanry,  n.  
 /pahr"teuh zeuhn, -seuhn/; Brit. /pahr'teuh zan"/,  n.  
  1. an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, esp. a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
  2.  Mil.   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.
  adj.  
  3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of partisans; partial to a specific party, person, etc.: partisan politics.
  4. of, pertaining to, or carried on by military partisans or guerrillas.
 Also, partizan.
 [1545-55; < MF < Upper It partezan (Tuscan partigiano), equiv. to part(e) faction, PART + -ezan ( < VL *-es- -ESE + L -ianus -IAN)]
 Syn. 1. See follower. 3. biased, prejudiced.
 Ant. 1. opponent.
partisan2
 /pahr"teuh zeuhn, -seuhn/,  n.  
 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.
 Also, partizan. Cf. halberd.
 [1550-60; < MF partizane < Upper It partezana, prob. by ellipsis from *arma partezana weapon borne by members of a faction; see PARTISAN1]
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