- 1a person who strongly supports a particular leader, group, or idea synonym follower
- 2a member of an armed group that is fighting secretly against enemy soldiers who have taken control of its country
NAmE//ˈpɑrt̮əznˌʃɪp//, NAmE//ˈpɑrt̮əsnˌʃɪp//
noun [uncountable] We are seeing a trend toward greater press partisanship.See partisan in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: partisan