Noun
- 1. partisan, zealot, drumbeater, advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
- usage: a fervent and even militant proponent of something
- 2. enthusiast, partisan, partizan, supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
- usage: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
- 3. partisan, partizan, pike
- usage: a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
Adjective
- 1. partisan (vs. nonpartisan), partizan, party-spirited, tendentious, tendencious
- usage: devoted to a cause or party
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