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The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.
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Any member of such a corps.
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Serving as a partisan in a detached command; as, a partisan officer or corps.
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Guerilla warfare behind enemy lines, carried out by irregular troops or resistance fighters, against invading troops.
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a member of a party, especially one who espouses and defends the party's values and/or platform , and also sometimes contributes efforts that benefit the party
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a member of your party
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Guerilla-like resistance in invaded lands.
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A member of a guerrilla band operating within enemy territory.
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Native guerilla-type fighters who resisted the Nazi regime after their countries were dereared.
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Member of a resistance group operating secretly within enemy lines, using hit-and-run guerrilla tactics against occupying forces.
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A partisan is a member of an irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation. The term can apply to the field element of resistance movements that opposed Nazi domination in several countries during World War II, or those who after the war fought the Soviet Union's Communist rule in eastern Europe.
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