partisans

• "Each of those groups has their own partisans, their own supporters, financial and otherwise," said Pinello, who is gay. —  Bladewire - Washington Blade
• He had conquered; and the feelings of the governor or his partisans were not likely to be treated with tenderness. —  The History of Tasmania, Volume I
• The contending partisans were alert for every advantage and enthusiastic in every demonstration.--Mr. —  Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860
• Here the first Commune held its bloody sittings; here Robespierre took refuge with his partisans, and was found by the soldiers with his broken jaw; the "Citizen King" was presented here to the people by Lafayette from a central window; here the soldiers were quartered in 1848; and here in 1871 was the stronghold of the last Commune, less bloody in its life but more desperate in its death than the first The Palais de Justice is a vast pile, which includes the Sainte Chapelle, numerous courts of law, and the Prison of the Conciergerie. —  The Insurrection in Paris
• They hold out, consequently, an inducement to all the uneasy portion of the nation to enlist under their standard; they play their discontented minority against the prosperous majority, and, dubbing their partisans 'the people,' they flatter themselves that their projects are irresistible. —  Sketches

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