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• n  an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
• n  a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
• a  devoted to a cause or party

• The acridly partizan politics in Paris threaten as usual to hold up agreement upon the Experts' Plan.

• enthusiast
• partisan

• nonpartisan

News & Articles

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• Soccer-Benfica sign Serbia international Markovic
  LISBON, June 10 (Reuters) - Benfica have signed 19-year-old Serbia forward Lazar Markovic from Partizan Belgrade on a five-year contract, the Portuguese club said on Monday. The Lisbon club said in a statement on its website (www.slbenfica.pt) it had reached a deal with the coveted winger, who had also been linked in the media with English Premier League club Chelsea. "Serbian winger Markovic ...
  June 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Dragoslav Stepanović in guardian.co.uk
  Partizan could have qualified for the Champions League if they had kept (Montenegro striker) Stevan Jovetic in their ranks because he is one of those players who make a difference,Stepanovic told Reuters.
• Antonio Rukavina in Guardian Unlimited
  This is a severe blow to Partizan and to Serbian football,agreed team captain Antonio Rukavina. "It is a bitter pill to swallow but we have to pull our socks up and get on with it."
• Miroslav Djukic in TVNZ
  Red Star Belgrade and Vojvodina Novi Sad will take the same stance if we let Partizan get away with it because they too are playing in Europe,said Djukic, who coaches both the senior and under-23 teams.