Partisan



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 党派支持者; 党徒
• ［英］ n. 党派支持者; 党徒 ( a firm adherent to a party)
• ［记］ party ( 党) ＋san ( 人) -> 党人, 信徒, 党的支持者

Webster Collegiate

I. noun also partizan

• Etymology: Middle French partisan, from north Italian dialect parti?an, from part part, party, from Latin part-, pars part
• Date: 1555
• 1. a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; especially one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance
• 2.
  • a. a member of a body of detached light troops making forays and harassing an enemy
  • b. a member of a guerrilla band operating within enemy lines
• Synonyms: see follower
• ? partisan adjective
• ? partisanly adverb
• ? partisanship noun

II. noun or partizan

• Etymology: Middle French partisane, from north Italian dialect parti?ana, feminine of parti?an
• Date: 1556
• a weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries with long shaft and broad blade

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