partizan
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Santa Anna immediately replied in the following strain to the missive of his partizan: General Santa Anna, commander-in-chief of the Liberating Army, to General Almonte, minister of war of the republic of Mexico.
But as the political excitement subsided and he could feel the pulse of the American people apart from the influence of partizan zeal, he was the better able to analyze their verdict.
From Unfettered A Novel by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs
Ensenada was a strong partizan of a French alliance and of a policy hostile to England.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
Macaulay here speaks like a heated haranguer or Parliamentary partizan, not like an historian or a critic.
From The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad. by Alexander Macbain
"You see, Kate," said Sybella, while a sly glance shot beneath her long-lashed lids, "that even Fred has become a partizan of Ireland."
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever