partisan
noun
an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
partizan
-
a variation of
partisan.
Example Sentences
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Yet, for all that, the author of “Wisdom and Destiny” should not be regarded as the partizan and apologist of sadness for the sake of wisdom.
From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Otto Heller
He was one of the golden-haired Greeks and the multitude, for ever partizan to the strongest man, roared and thundered its encouragement to him.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
Dora belonged to a whist club which met every Friday afternoon on strictly partizan lines, except for once a year, when they asked the men in.
From Of All Things by Robert C. Benchley
It appears then that instead of presiding over the deliberations of the Revisionists as an impartial arbiter, you have been throughout, heart and soul, an eager partizan.
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
Santa Anna immediately replied in the following strain to the missive of his partizan: General Santa Anna, commander-in-chief of the Liberating Army, to General Almonte, minister of war of the republic of Mexico.
