partizan

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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

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

He was one of the golden-haired Greeks and the multitude, for ever partizan to the strongest man, roared and thundered its encouragement to him.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

This poet was an ardent partizan of the Conservatives, and his lyrical abilities were devoted with unflagging energy to their cause.

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.

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