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"ref": "1992, Thomas R. Pegram, Partisans and Progressives: Private Interest and Public Policy in Illinois",
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"text": "Having put partisan interests to one side, Greenwood set about making teamwork a watchword for her chairmanship, while seeking the broadest possible participation in subsequent inquiries.",
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"word": "μεροληπτικός"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/En-us-partisan.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-partisan.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/En-au-partisan.ogg/En-au-partisan.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/En-au-partisan.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "partizan"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "alebarda",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "алебарда"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "type of spear",
"word": "闊頭槍"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuòtóuqiāng",
"sense": "type of spear",
"word": "阔头枪"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "partisan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of spear",
"word": "pertuska"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pertuisane"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Partisane"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "platúlonkhon",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "πλατύλογχον"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "type of spear",
"word": "partizano"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "páirtiseán"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "partigiana"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "bederlı naiza",
"sense": "type of spear",
"word": "бедерлі найза"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "partyzana"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kapralski kij"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "partasana"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protazán",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "протаза́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "alebárda",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "алеба́рда"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "type of spear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "partisana"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "soldier",
"word": "pertuskamies"
}
],
"word": "partisan"
}
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