partizan

par·ti·zan  (pärt-zn)

n.

Variant of partisan².

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	partizan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity enthusiast, partisan addict, freak, junkie, junky, nut - someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie" backslapper - someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality balletomane - a ballet enthusiast fanatic, fiend - a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill gadgeteer - a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets shutterbug - a photography enthusiast rooter, sports fan, fan - an enthusiastic devotee of sports admirer, booster, protagonist, supporter, champion, friend - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
	2.	partizan - a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries partisan pike - medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
Adj.	1.	partizan - devoted to a cause or party partisan