Partisan

Word PARTISAN
Character 8
Hyphenation par ti san
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Partisan"

What do we mean by partisan?

An adherent to a party or faction.

A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea.

A member of a band of detached light, irregular troops acting behind occupying enemy lines in the ways of harassment or sabotage; a guerrilla fighter.

The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Partisan

The word "partisan" in example sentences

Jeremy: I wouldn't use the term partisan hack after what you just wrote. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"I also think you can use the term partisan when it comes to style, how you express yourself and how you communicate in the public square." ❋ Unknown (2008)

The defining characteristic of a partisan is the inability to apply the same standards to oneself as one does to the opposition. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In his opening statement at the wide-ranging news conference, Obama announced Goolsbee's appointment and again blamed Republicans for blocking his economic platform for what he calls partisan reasons. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In doing so, it bashed Fox News and MSNBC for what it described as their partisan leanings: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill, who is the main sponsor of the bill in the Senate, said he was disappointed by what he called the partisan nature of the debate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In remarks at the start of a wide-ranging press conference, Obama again blamed Republicans for blocking his economic platform for what he calls partisan reasons. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some stories we're working on right now here in THE SITUATION ROOM: more finger-pointing in Alaska, as five fellow Republicans go to court to try to stop what they call the partisan witch-hunt of Governor Palin. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What they're telling us is that there were a number of people, roughly a dozen who were feeling that they could vote yes but were upset by the partisan tone, what they call the partisan tone of the debate, the way the Democrats have been describing this in public and they weren't sure they could bring them along, and because they say Pelosi got partisan. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What they're telling us is that there were a number of people, roughly a dozen who were feeling that they could vote yes but were upset by the partisan tone, what they called the partisan tone of the debate, the way the Democrats have been describing this in public and weren't sure they could bring them along. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Well, her office e-mailed us saying that Palin's attendance at the rally was news to them and that this was never billed as what they call a partisan political event, and, therefore, Senator Clinton will not be attending. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The president says he will go to court to fight what he calls a partisan fishing expedition. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The president said he won't allow Democrats to go on what he called a partisan fishing expedition. ❋ Unknown (2007)

WEXLER: And I suppose the two-one votes in Broward County which you call partisan are any different than the 5-4 partisan vote of the United States Supreme Court. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Do you consider it appropriate for a U.S. attorney to be involved in what you characterized as a partisan political battle? ❋ ITY National Archives (1994)

HOLZER: Beyond the hype, it means that the previous versions of the Lincoln-Douglas debates -- and there have been about 40 of them, and they were all but canonized exactly this way in "The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln," published about 40 years ago -- all of them relied on texts that were taken down at the time by what I call partisan stenographers, stenographers hired by the respective political parties. ❋ Unknown (1993)

He said it is doubtful that the IRS will look at complaints by what he called partisan groups. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Husted, former Ohio House speaker, declared his candidacy for secretary of state in April on a platform of ending what he called partisan politics in the state's election system. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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