Definition: a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
Similar words: pike
Definition: medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
Synonyms: partisan, partizan, enthusiast
Definition: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
Similar words: supporter, friend, admirer, protagonist, booster, champion
Definition: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
Usage: all their supporters came out for the game; they are friends of the library
Synonyms: partisan, drumbeater, zealot
Definition: a fervent and even militant proponent of something
Similar words: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
Definition: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Definition: devoted to a cause or party
Similar words: party-spirited
Definition: devoted to a political party
Similar words: tendencious, tendentious
Definition: having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
Usage: a tendentious account of recent elections; distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion