partisan - 09/12/03 07:00 PM
From Ch.1 of The Three Musketeers:
"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. "
partisan 2
n.
5MFr partisane < It partigiana, fem. of partigiano (see prec.): sense infl. by pertugiare, to pierce6 a broad-bladed weapon with a long shaft, used esp. in the 16th cent.
"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. "
partisan 2
n.
5MFr partisane < It partigiana, fem. of partigiano (see prec.): sense infl. by pertugiare, to pierce6 a broad-bladed weapon with a long shaft, used esp. in the 16th cent.