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partisan
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[military]
synonyms: partizan, spontoon ???
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Definition:a spear (technically a pike - since it is not thrown) commonly used in the Middle ages
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Shall I strike at it with my partisan?
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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Many citizens, seeing the women flying toward the High Street, leaving their children crying at the open doors, hastened to don the cuirass, and supporting their somewhat uncertain courage with a musket or a partisan, directed their steps toward the hostelry of the Jolly Miller, before which was gathered, increasing every minute, a compact group, vociferous and full of curiosity.
Pere Alexandre Dumas. The Three Musketeers
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