bi-partisan

  • 11partisan — I adjective biased, clannish, cliquish, denominational, devoted, factional, factionary, fanatic, fautor, homo studiosus, influenced, leagued, partial, predisposed, sectarian, swayed, undetached, undispassionate II noun adherent, advocate, ally,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 12Partisan — Par ti*san, n. [F. pertuisane, prob. fr. It. partigiana, influenced in French by OF. pertuisier to pierce. It was prob. so named as the weapon of some partisans, or party men. Cf. {Partisan} one of a corps of light troops.] A kind of halberd or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13Partisan Review — est un trimestriel américain littéraire et politique publié de 1934 à 2003, avec une brève interruption entre octobre 1936 et décembre 1937. Engagé à gauche, il a compté parmi ses contributeurs : George Orwell, Conor Cruise O Brien, Saul… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 14partisan — (n.) 1550s, one who takes part with another, zealous supporter, from M.Fr. partisan (15c.), from dialectal upper It. partezan (Tuscan partigiano) member of a faction, partner, from parte part, party, from L. partem (nom. pars), see PART (Cf.… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 15Partisan — Partisan: Die Bezeichnung für »bewaffneter, aus dem Hinterhalt operierender Widerstandskämpfer« wurde im 17. Jh. aus gleichbed. frz. partisan entlehnt, das wörtlich etwa »Parteigänger, Anhänger« bedeutet und seinerseits aus it. partigiano… …

    Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • 16partisan — [adj] interested, factional accessory, adhering, biased, bigoted, blind, cliquish, colored, conspiratorial, denominational, devoted, diehard*, exclusive, fanatic, jaundiced, onesided, overzealous, partial, prejudiced, prepossessed, sectarian,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 17partisan — partisan1 [pärt′ə zən, pärt′əsən] n. [MFr < It partigiano < parte < L pars,PART1] 1. a person who takes the part of or strongly supports one side, party, or person; often, specif., an unreasoning, emotional adherent 2. any of a group of… …

    English World dictionary

  • 18Partisan — Partisan, so v.w. Parteigänger …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 19Partisan — (franz., spr. sāng), s. Parteigänger …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 20Partisan — Partisān (frz.), Parteigänger …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon