- a variation of partisan.
partizan
Example Sentences
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They claimed that because he championed Lord Metcalfe in 1844 he was a partizan, and if a partizan in 1844 he must still be one in 1848.
From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by Putnam, J. Harold
Though moderate in the announcement of opinions, and too patriotic to degenerate into a partizan, he gave no timid, lukewarm support to the nation in its hour of trial.
From Memoir of Jared Sparks, LL.D. by Mayer, Brantz
It appears then that instead of presiding over the deliberations of the Revisionists as an impartial arbiter, you have been throughout, heart and soul, an eager partizan.
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
This man was a decided partizan of the French parliaments, and well known to be an inveterate enemy of the Jesuits.
From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)
Most disquieting of all, there were movements both of intellectual agitation and of active partizan warfare in Prussia that presaged a speedy convalescence on her part.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
