partizan

par·ti·zan

1 [pahr-tuh-zuhn; British pahr-tuh-zan]
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par·ti·zan

2 [pahr-tuh-zuhn]
noun
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Partizan is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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partisan or partizan1 (ˌpɑːtɪˈzæn, ˈpɑːtɪˌzæn, ˌpɑːtɪˈzæn, ˈpɑːtɪˌzæn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  an adherent or devotee of a cause, party, etc
2.  a.  a member of an armed resistance group within occupied territory, esp in Italy or the Balkans in World War II
 b.  (as modifier): partisan forces
 
adj
3.  of, relating to, or characteristic of a partisan
4.  relating to or excessively devoted to one party, faction, etc; one-sided: partisan control
 
[C16: via French, from Old Italian partigiano, from parte faction, from Latin parspart]
 
partizan or partizan1
 
n
 
adj
 
[C16: via French, from Old Italian partigiano, from parte faction, from Latin parspart]
 
parti'sanship or partizan1
 
n
 
parti'zanship or partizan1
 
n

partisan or partizan2 (ˈpɑːtɪzən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a spear or pike with two opposing axe blades or spikes
 
[C16: from French partizane, from Old Italian partigiana, from partigianopartisan1]
 
partizan or partizan2
 
n
 
[C16: from French partizane, from Old Italian partigiana, from partigianopartisan1]

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