Partisan

Partisan may refer to:

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.

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.

Music

• Chant des Partisans, a song about the French resistance.
• The Partisan, a song about the French resistance written by Anna Marly and Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie.
• The Partisans, a Welsh punk band from Bridgend.

Other uses

• partisan (weapon), a pole weapon.
• Partisans (novel), a novel by Alistair MacLean about the Yugoslav partisans.
• Partisan game, in combinatorial game theory.