Partisan
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Template:Wiktionary Partisan may refer to:
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Political matters
In politics, partisan (political) usually refers to a fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. Although this is typically an appelation with negative connotations, some supporters embrace the term, as can be seen by the names of the following publications:
- Partisan Press, a UK publishing company.
- Partisan Review, a US political and literary quarterly.
- Southern Partisan, a US political magazine.
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Military Forces
As a name for irregular forces or detached light troops, engaged behind the front line.
- Partisan (military), in general terms.
- Partisans (Yugoslavia), in the Balkans during World War II.
- Soviet partisan, for the USSR in World War II.
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Other uses
- partisan (weapon), a pole weapon.
- Partisans (novel), a novel by Alistair MacLean about the Yugoslav partisans.
- The Partisans (band), a punk rock band.
- Partisan game, in combinatorial game theory.
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