partizan

An adherent of a party or faction; one who is passionately or very earnestly devoted to a party or interest; specifically, one whose judgment or perception is clouded by a prejudiced adherence to his party.

Milit., a member of a party or detachment of troops sent on a special enterprise; also, the leader of such a party.

Of or pertaining to a party or faction; strongly biased in favor of a party or interest.

Milit., engaged on a special enterprise: as, a partizan corps.

A longhandled cutting weapon used in England and Scotland from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century: a name including also the halberd, fauchard, roncone, etc.

A man, as a soldier or a guardian of the peace, armed with a partizan.

Alternative spelling of partisan.

A weapon of the 16th and 17th centuries consisting of a pike with a long double-edged blade, similar to a halberd.

devoted to a cause or party