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partisan

Member of an armed group that operates behind enemy lines or in occupied territories during wars. The name ‘partisans’ was first given to armed bands of Russians who operated against Napoleon's army in Russia during 1812, but has since been used to describe Russian, Yugoslav, Italian, Greek, and Polish Resistance groups against the Germans during World War II. In Yugoslavia the communist partisans under their leader, Tito, played a major role in defeating the Germans.



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"I have been bitten by the editor of a partisan journal," was the reply, accompanied by the ominous death-rattle.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The friar was now completely accoutred as a yeoman, with sword and buckler, bow, and quiver, and a strong partisan over his shoulder.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
I fought on both sides; I would not have had the Spaniards beaten, and yet when the Moors lost I was vanquished with them; and when the poor young King Boabdil (I was his devoted partisan and at the same time a follower of his fiery old uncle and rival, Hamet el Zegri) heaved the Last Sigh of the Moor, as his eyes left the roofs of Granada forever, it was as much my grief as if it had burst from my own breast.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
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