n. 1 partizan, devotee, follower, supporter, adherent, backer, champion, enthusiast, fan, zealot, fanatic, Chiefly US and Canadian booster, Colloq US rooter He has long been a partisan of surrealism 2 guerrilla or guerilla, freedom fighter, underground or resistance fighter, irregular During the war the Yugoslav partisans were led by Marshal Tito
adj. 3 one-sided, factional, biased, tendentious, sectarian, opinionated, partial, bigoted, prejudiced, parochial, myopic, short-sighted, near-sighted, narrow, narrow-minded, limited She refuses to become involved in partisan politics 4 guerrilla or guerilla, freedom, underground, resistance, irregular They were both members of the Maquis, the French partisan group who fought against the Nazis