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partisan
English
Alternative forms
- partizan
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??.t??zæn/, /?p??.t??zæn/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p??.??.z?n/, /?p??.??.z?n/, /-s?n/
Etymology 1
From French partisan, from Italian partigiano (“defender of a party”), from parte (“part”). Doublet of partigiano. Attested in English from the late 15th century in the noun sense of "party adherent", and in related adjective senses from the 16th century. The "guerilla fighter" sense influenced by Serbo-Croatian partizan, Russian ????????? (partizán), from the same source.The sense of "guerilla fighter" is from c. 1690.The adjective in the military sense dates from the early 18th century.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
partisan (plural partisans)
- An adherent to a party or faction.
- 1992, Thomas R. Pegram, "Partisans and Progressives: Private Interest and Public Policy in Illinois
- "Strong partisans of neither party, Indiana farmers failed to act as a block […] "
- 1992, Thomas R. Pegram, "Partisans and Progressives: Private Interest and Public Policy in Illinois
- A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
- A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter.
- (now rare) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
Related terms
- copartisan
- part
- partisanism
- partisanry
- partisanship
- party
Translations
Adjective
partisan (comparative more partisan, superlative most partisan)
- Serving as commander or member of a body of detached light troops.
- Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party.
- Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.
Translations
Etymology 2
From French partizaine, from Middle French partizaine, partisanne etc., from Italian partigiana, related to Etymology 1 above (apparently because it was seen as a typical weapon of such forces).
Noun
partisan (plural partisans)
- (historical) A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting.
- I had as lief have a reed that will do me no service as a partisan I could not heave.
- (obsolete) A soldier armed with such a weapon.
Translations
See also
- halberd
References
Further reading
- Partisan in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Partains, Sarpanit, aspirant, spartina
French
Etymology
From Italian partigiano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?.ti.z??/
Noun
partisan m (plural partisans, feminine partisane)
- supporter, proponent, advocate
- (sports) fan
Adjective
partisan (feminine singular partisane, masculine plural partisans, feminine plural partisanes)
- partisan, partial
- in favour of
Further reading
- “partisan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- aspirant
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French partisan.
Noun
partisan m (plural partisans)
- (Jersey) supporter
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italian partigiano, via French partisan
Noun
partisan m (definite singular partisanen, indefinite plural partisaner, definite plural partisanene)
- a partisan (member of an armed group)
References
- “partisan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Italian partigiano, via French partisan
Noun
partisan m (definite singular partisanen, indefinite plural partisanar, definite plural partisanane)
- a partisan (member of an armed group)
References
- “partisan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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proselyte
English
Etymology
From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselutus (proselytus, “proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pros?lutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from ???? (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -???- of ??????? (el?lutha), perfect of ??????? (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew ??? (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??s.?l?a?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p??s.?l?a?t/
Noun
proselyte (plural proselytes)
- One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
- King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:
- Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
- King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:
Translations
Verb
proselyte (third-person singular simple present proselytes, present participle proselyting, simple past and past participle proselyted)
- (transitive) To proselytize.
Derived terms
- proselyter
- proselytic
- proselytism
- proselytize
Translations
Anagrams
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Latin
Adjective
pros?lyte
- vocative masculine singular of pros?lytus
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