partisan

Etymology 1
From, from , from. . Attested in English from the late 15th century in the noun sense of "party adherent", and in related adjective senses from the 16th century. The "guerilla fighter" sense influenced by 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, from the same source. The sense of "guerilla fighter" is from c. 1690. The adjective in the military sense dates from the early 18th century.

Noun

 * 1) An adherent to a party or faction.
 * 2) A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
 * 3) A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter.
 * 4)  The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
 * 1) A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter.
 * 2)  The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.

Translations

 * Albanian: anëmbajtës
 * Arabic: حِزْبِيّ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ; puolueaktiivi
 * French: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: páirtíneach
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: taobhaiche
 * Spanish:


 * Albanian: anëmbajtës
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: partisoldat
 * Esperanto: partizano
 * Finnish: puoluepukari
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:, θιασιώτης
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:

Adjective

 * 1) Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops.
 * 2) Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party.
 * 3) Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.
 * 1) Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.
 * 1) Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.
 * 1) Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.

Derived terms

 * affective partisan polarization

Translations

 * Arabic: حِزْبِيّ
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: claonpháirteach
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Yiddish: צדדימדיק, פּאַרטיייִש, סעקטאַנטיש, קלײַזלדיק


 * Czech: stoupenecký
 * Finnish:, ryhmäkuntainen,
 * French: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Yiddish: צדדימדיק, פּאַרטיייִש, סעקטאַנטיש, קלײַזלדיק


 * Bulgarian: партизански
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Polish:, bojowniczy
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: партиза́нський

Etymology 2
From, from , etc., from , related to Etymology 1 above (apparently because it was seen as a typical weapon of such forces).

Noun

 * 1)  A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting.
 * 2)  A soldier armed with such a weapon.
 * 1)  A soldier armed with such a weapon.
 * 1)  A soldier armed with such a weapon.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 闊頭槍
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: πλατύλογχον
 * Ido:
 * Irish: páirtiseán
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: бедерлі найза
 * Polish:, kapralski kij
 * Portuguese: partasana
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: partisana


 * Finnish: pertuskamies

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) supporter, proponent, advocate
 * 2)  fan

Adjective

 * , partial
 * 1) in favour of

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  supporter

Etymology
From, via.

Noun

 * 1) a

Etymology
From, via.

Noun

 * 1) a