partisan

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Democrats saw a continuation of what they describe as the partisan meanness and divisiveness of the Bush years.

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  1. noun A fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.
  2. noun A member of an organized body of fighters who attack or harass an enemy, especially within occupied territory; a guerrilla.
  3. adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of a partisan or partisans.
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  • But, by the 25th of the same month, our partisan was abandoned by all the mountaineers under Shelby and Sevier, a force of five hundred men. —  The Life of Francis Marion
  • Democrats saw a continuation of what they describe as the partisan meanness and divisiveness of the Bush years. —  Latest Articles
  • Symington and Douglas saved their criticism for each other, while Pollina seized on their differences as symbolic of what he called the partisan gridlock gripping Vermont state government under the Republican governor and the Democrat-controlled Legislature. —  WCAX - Local News
  • Clinton aides were quoted as saying that they had been "blindsided" by the decision to invite Palin, which they called a partisan move. —  Dean's World
  • House Republican leaders are blaming the failure of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout on what they call a partisan speech by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before the vote. —  The Swamp
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political ·  adherent ·  supporter ·  democratic ·  sectarian ·  admirer ·  nationalist ·  patriot ·  advocate ·  racial ·  opponent ·  patriotic

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partisan:   partisans
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  1. French, from Old French, from Old Italian dialectal partisano, variant of Old Italian partigiano, from parte, part, from Latin pars, part-; see part.
  2. French partizane, from Italian dialectal *(arma) partisana, partisan (weapon), feminine sing. of partisano, supporter; see partisan1.
 

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