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He commanded a force of Portuguese, and was a daring partizan leader, and gave us a great deal of trouble.

From Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

If one is to speak at all of its present aspects, on this high-day of your University year, he should do so only as a patriot, not as a partizan.

From Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses by Reid, Whitelaw

This man was a decided partizan of the French parliaments, and well known to be an inveterate enemy of the Jesuits.

From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)

In March she came up to Paris and placed her services as journalist and partizan generally at the disposal of Ledru-Rollin, Minister of the Interior under the new Government.

From Famous Women: George Sand by Thomas, Bertha

The latter was a Prussian partizan who, having distinguished himself after Jena, was now striving to use the Austrian war in order to arouse the North Germans.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan