partizan

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But as the political excitement subsided and he could feel the pulse of the American people apart from the influence of partizan zeal, he was the better able to analyze their verdict.

From Unfettered A Novel by Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert)

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

Crowds of eager citizens flocked to see the celebrated partizan warrior who had so long held the Spanish forces at bay.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Mayer, Brantz

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

Richard Edgcumbe had a narrower escape however from the vengeance of Richard III., after the suppression of Buckingham's revolt, in which he was a partizan, being strongly attached to the fortunes of the Red Rose.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton