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
Anastasius had favored the Greens, but Justinian was a partizan of the Blues.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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
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
