Partisan - English meaning

noun

Someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas.

Usage examples:

He was a strong adherent of monetarism

adjective

Sticking fast to an object or surface.

Usage examples:

The eggs have thick sticky shells to which debris is often adherent

noun

Someone who strongly supports an idea, plan, person, etc.

Usage examples:

She has been an adherent of home schooling for years.

noun

A person, institution, or country that supports someone or something, especially financially.

Usage examples:

He was the principal backer of the company

adjective

Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something.

Usage examples:

We will not tolerate this biased media coverage

verb

Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.

Usage examples:

All too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates

adjective

Showing an unreasonable preference or dislike based on personal opinion

Usage examples:

The newspapers gave a biased report of the meeting.

adjective

Obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, in particular prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.

Usage examples:

They're pandering to a vocal minority of ill-informed and bigoted individuals

adjective

Having strong, unreasonable beliefs and disliking other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life

Usage examples:

She's so bigoted that she refuses to accept anyone who doesn't think like her.

noun

A device for increasing electrical voltage or signal strength.

Usage examples:

Antenna boosters help to strengthen the signal between a cell tower and your phone.

noun

A person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition.

Usage examples:

A champion hurdler

verb

Vigorously support or defend the cause of.

Usage examples:

He championed the rights of the working class and the poor

adjective

Excellent.

Usage examples:

‘thank ye, lad,’ the farmer said. ‘that's champion.’

noun

A group of people with a shared characteristic.

Usage examples:

A cohort of civil servants patiently drafting legislation

verb

Divide (people) into groups with shared characteristics.

Usage examples:

In the plan elementary students will be cohorted, or placed, in an assigned class

noun

A group of people who share a characteristic, usually age

Usage examples:

About 42% of women in this age cohort have a college degree., this year's cohort of graduates will …

adjective

Having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral.

Usage examples:

Strings of coloured lights

noun

Used as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including khoisan, african, malay, chinese, and white.

Usage examples:

There was a drive to recruit coloured, black, and indian members

verb

Change the colour of (something) by painting, dyeing, or shading it.

Usage examples:

He coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades

noun

A person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about someone or something.

Usage examples:

A devotee of lewis carroll

noun

A personal follower of christ during his life, especially one of the twelve apostles.

Usage examples:

Jesus' apostles and disciples in the early church felt the importance of prayer ahead of missionary…

noun

A person who believes in the ideas of a leader, esp. a religious or political one, and tries to live according to those ideas

Usage examples:

Jesse jackson was a disciple of martin luther king, jr.

adjective

Making or showing an unfair or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Usage examples:

Discriminatory employment practices

adjective

Unfairly treating a person or particular group of people differently from others

Usage examples:

Discriminatory practices

adjective

Treating particular people, companies, or products differently from others, especially in an unfair way

Usage examples:

The eu has already denounced the new regulations as discriminatory., several hundred sikh women com…

noun

A person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject.

Usage examples:

A sports car enthusiast

noun

Someone who is very interested in and involved with a particular subject or activity

Usage examples:

A computer-games enthusiast

adjective

Relating or belonging to a faction.

Usage examples:

Factional leaders

adjective

Involving a group within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group

Usage examples:

Factional leaders, the alliance is divided by factional infighting.

noun

An apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation.

Usage examples:

A couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning

verb

Cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air.

Usage examples:

He fanned himself with his hat

noun

A person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing.

Usage examples:

Football fans

noun

A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.

Usage examples:

Religious fanatics

adjective

Filled with or expressing excessive zeal.

Usage examples:

His eyes had a fanatic iciness

noun

A person whose strong admiration for something is extreme and unreasonable

Usage examples:

A fitness/exercise fanatic, her devotion to her pets was fanatical.

noun

A person who supports and admires a particular person or set of ideas.

Usage examples:

Followers of nietzsche

noun

Someone who obeys or supports another person or that person’s ideas

Usage examples:

The newly elected governor appeared overcome with emotion as he thanked his followers., they are en…

noun

A company or product that only makes new changes, enters a market, etc. after other companies or products have done this first

Usage examples:

Law firms are not leaders in business, they are followers., our analysis supports the view of germa…

noun

A member of a small independent group taking part in irregular fighting, typically against larger regular forces.

Usage examples:

This town fell to the guerrillas

noun

A member of an unofficial military group that is trying to change the government by making sudden, unexpected attacks on the official army forces

Usage examples:

Guerrilla warfare

adjective

Unfair; unjust.

Usage examples:

The present taxes are inequitable

adjective

Showing curiosity or concern about something or someone; having a feeling of interest.

Usage examples:

I had always been interested in history

verb

Excite the curiosity or attention of (someone).

Usage examples:

I thought the book might interest eliot

adjective

Wanting to give your attention to something or learn more about it

Usage examples:

He didn’t seem interested in coming., [ + to infinitive ] i’d be interested to learn why he likes h…

adjective

Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.

Usage examples:

His strong, irregular features

noun

A member of an irregular military force.

Usage examples:

The filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregula…

adjective

Not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes

Usage examples:

An irregular surface, there are irregular spaces between the words., he showed up at irregular inte…

noun

A member of the turkish infantry forming the sultan's guard between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Usage examples:

The soldiers formed the celebrated corps of the janissaries (turkish yeni cheri, ‘new troops’) thes…

adjective

Not balanced or fair

Usage examples:

The book presents a one-sided view of history., it was a one-sided victory - we won 10-3.

adjective

Existing only in part; incomplete.

Usage examples:

A question to which we have only partial answers

noun

A component of a musical sound; an overtone or harmonic.

Usage examples:

Strings would like to oscillate as closely as possible to harmonic partials

adjective

Not complete

Usage examples:

He made a partial repayment of the loan., i’m partial toward the larger dogs., the accident left hi…

adjective

Of or involving preference or partiality; constituting a favour or privilege.

Usage examples:

Preferential interest rates may be offered to employees

adjective

Better than that given to others

Usage examples:

Some prisoners had apparently received preferential treatment.

adjective

Better than that which is given to others

Usage examples:

It is not acceptable, in a modern company, to give preferential treatment to your relatives and fri…

adjective

Having or showing a dislike or distrust that is derived from prejudice; bigoted.

Usage examples:

People are prejudiced against us

verb

Give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased.

Usage examples:

The statement might prejudice the jury

adjective

Influenced by personal opinion

Usage examples:

I thought the speaker’s presentation sounded prejudiced.

noun

A person or company that finances or organizes a sporting event, concert, or theatrical production.

Usage examples:

A boxing promoter

noun

A person or company that organizes or finances a sports event or a performance, esp. of musical entertainment

noun

A person, organization, or government that tries to encourage something to happen or develop

Usage examples:

The country is now a leading promoter of regional trade., he was a promoter of education and the ar…

noun

A supporter or fan of a sports team or player.

Usage examples:

Ringside rooters rose to salute him

adjective

Denoting or concerning a sect or sects.

Usage examples:

The city's traditional sectarian divide

noun

A member of a sect.

Usage examples:

A jewish sectarian who preached the redemption of the gentiles

adjective

Relating to a sect, or happening between sects

Usage examples:

Sectarian fighting

noun

A member of a religious or political sect.

Usage examples:

It was, for them, unthinkable to have a national church with sectaries outside.

adjective

Loyal, reliable, and hard-working.

Usage examples:

He remained a stalwart supporter of the cause

noun

A loyal, reliable, and hard-working supporter of or participant in an organization or team.

Usage examples:

The stalwarts of the labour party

noun

A person who approves of and encourages a public figure, political party, policy, etc.

Usage examples:

Labour supporters

noun

A person who actively helps someone

Usage examples:

Supporters of the bill expect it to pass., he is a strong supporter of states’ rights.

noun

A person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Usage examples:

Four commercial aircraft were hijacked by terrorists

adjective

Unlawfully using violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Usage examples:

A terrorist organization

noun

Someone who uses violent action, or threats of violent action, for political purposes

Usage examples:

Several terrorists have been killed by their own bombs., there has been an increase in terrorist at…

adjective

(of a person) emotionally or mentally disturbed.

Usage examples:

She considered him to be mentally unbalanced and dangerous

verb

Make (someone or something) unsteady so that they tip or fall.

Usage examples:

The door almost unbalanced him by swinging open

adjective

Not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice.

Usage examples:

At times like these the legal system appears inhuman and unfair

adjective

Not fair

Usage examples:

It seems unfair to tax you both where you work and where you live., the company unfairly denied her…

adjective

Not morally right, or not treating people in an equal way

Usage examples:

Businesses argue that the tax idea is unfair because it is based on revenue, rather than profit., w…

adjective

Not based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair.

Usage examples:

Resistance to unjust laws

noun

A person or organization that upholds (= defends) a law, a principle, or a decision that has been made

Usage examples:

She joined the police force and became an upholder of law and order., many of these men are regarde…

noun

A person, such as a monk or nun, who has made vows of dedication to religious service.

Usage examples:

The conflict between the votaries of hindutva votaries and the left-secular intellectuals has preoc…

noun

A person who has made a promise to serve a particular religion or god

Usage examples:

James nayler was one of the most zealous votaries of quakerism., "how could you, a votary of non-vi…

noun

A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals.

Usage examples:

He says there have always been religious zealots, but modern technology has given them a lethal cap…

noun

A person who has very strong opinions about something, and tries to make other people have them too

Usage examples:

A religious zealot