Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An adherent to a party or faction; one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest. 2. (n.) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy. 3. (n.) Any member of such a corps. 4. (a.) Adherent to a party or faction; especially, having the character of blind, passionate, or unreasonable adherence to a party; as, blinded by partisan zeal. 5. (a.) Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps. 6. (n.) A kind of halberd or pike; also, a truncheon; a staff.

Multi-Version Concordance Partisan (1 Occurrence) 1 Corinthians 1:12 What I mean is that each of you is a partisan. One man says "I belong to Paul;" another "I belong to Apollos;" a third "I belong to Peter;" a fourth "I belong to Christ." (WEY)