| ADJECTIVE | all | partizan, partisan | devoted to a cause or party |
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| NOUN | person | partizan, enthusiast, partisan | an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity |
| artifact | partizan, partisan | a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections |
| Meaning | devoted to a cause or party. | |
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| Synonym | partisan | |
| Narrower | party-spirited | devoted to a political party |
| tendentious, tendencious | Having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one | |
| See also | irregular | (used of the military) not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces |
| Opposite | nonpartisan, nonpartizan | Free from party affiliation or bias |
| Spanish | partidista, partisano | |
| Nouns | partizan | an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity |
| Meaning | An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity. | |
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| Synonyms | enthusiast, partisan | |
| Narrower | addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction |
| backslapper | someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality | |
| balletomane | A ballet / ballet enthusiast | |
| fanatic, fiend | A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause) | |
| gadgeteer | A person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets | |
| shutterbug | A photography enthusiast | |
| sports fan, fan, rooter | An enthusiastic devotee of sports | |
| Broader | supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend | A person who backs a politician or a team etc. |
| Spanish | partidario | |
| Catalan | partidari | |
| Adjectives | partizan | devoted to a cause or party |
| Meaning | A pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries. | |
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| Synonym | partisan | |
| Broader | pike | Medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff |
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