Dictionary Entry
partisan
partisan is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses
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- 1noun
An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest.
- 2noun
The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
- 3noun
Any member of such a corps.
- 4adjective
Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal.
- 5adjective
Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
- 6noun
A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.
- 7noun
a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
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- 8noun
an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
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- 9noun
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
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- 10adjective
devoted to a cause or party
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