partizan

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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

I may have my sympathies, but I can’t be a partizan; my business is to see you do your work.

From Prescott of Saskatchewan by Dunton, W. Herbert

I had as lief have a Reed that will do me no service, as a partizan I could not heave.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

In the partizan the pike is the more important, the axe-heads being reduced to little more than an ornamental feature.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

Mrs. Marple, of course, is her daughter’s partizan, though in some ways it suits us to stand together.

From The Long Portage by Bindloss, Harold