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

“Yes, we’ll have his goat in about a minute!” added another Morningside partizan.

From Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner by Chadwick, Lester

In March she came up to Paris and placed her services as journalist and partizan generally at the disposal of Ledru-Rollin, Minister of the Interior under the new Government.

From Famous Women: George Sand by Thomas, Bertha

The way was thus paved for the participation of Rome, as a partizan of the anti-Macedonian faction, in the struggles which had so long divided the Greek world.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

In the beginning of June, 1781, the British garrison at Augusta, Georgia, capitulated to the American forces, under command of General Pickens and Colonel Lee, of the partizan legion.

From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by Clement, J. (Jesse)