partizan

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: partizan

1	n adj	an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity devoted to a cause or party
2	n	a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: partizan

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; addict, freak, junkie, junky, nut
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; backslapper
someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality; balletomane
a ballet enthusiast; fanatic, fiend
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); gadgeteer
a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets; shutterbug
a photography enthusiast; fan, rooter, sports fan
an enthusiastic devotee of sports; aficionado
a fan of bull fighting; gym rat
someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa; railbird
a fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track

Type of:: admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

: party-spirited
devoted to a political party; tendencious, tendentious
having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one

Antonyms:: nonpartisan, nonpartizan
free from party affiliation or bias; bipartisan, bipartizan, two-party, two-way
supported by both sides; independent
not controlled by a party or interest group; unbiased, unbiassed
without bias; show more antonyms...

Type of:: pike
medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet

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