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What does the word partisan mean?

Part of speech: noun

A bigoted adherent of a party or cause.

Part of speech: noun

Partizanship.

Part of speech: adjective

Of or pertaining to a party or partizans; intensely devoted to a party.

Usage examples for partisan

The county superintendent is usually elected to office by the people and frequently on a partisan ticket. – Rural Life and the Rural School by Joseph Kennedy
He is by nature a partisan. – Minor Poems by Milton by John Milton
For at this moment I am sensible that I have not the temper of a philosopher; like the vulgar, I am only a partisan. – Phaedo The Last Hours Of Socrates by Plato