Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Active as a partizan; factious; zealous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.

Etymologies

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Compare French factionnaire, Latin factionarius the head of a company of charioteers.

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Examples

  • ` ` De devil, goot Edie, '' answered Dousterswivel, ` ` why does you speak so loud as a baarenhauter, or what you call a factionary ---

    The Antiquary 1845

  • "De devil, goot Edie," answered Dousterswivel, "why does you speak so loud as a baarenhauter, or what you call a factionary -- I mean a sentinel?"

    The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

  • "De devil, goot Edie," answered Dousterswivel, "why does you speak so loud as a baarenhauter, or what you call a factionary -- I mean a sentinel?"

    The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • “De devil, goot Edie,” answered Dousterswivel, “why does you speak so loud as a baarenhauter, or what you call a factionary — I mean a sentinel?”

    The Antiquary 1584

  • Paris, 1823; A great resource for those who want to take the time to read about what the Reine-Martyre and her family was really like and not what some factionary wishes you to beleive.

    Archive 2008-04-20 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • The convention had become factionary and wasted much time in vindicitiveness and political revenge.

    Danton de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • The convention had become factionary and wasted much time in vindicitiveness and political revenge.

    Archive 2008-02-10 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • Paris, 1823; A great resource for those who want to take the time to read about what the Reine-Martyre and her family was really like and not what some factionary wishes you to beleive.

    How la Reine-Martyre Marie-Antoinette was clothed de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • Charlotte approached him and told him she had news from Normandy of the factionary Girondins who had escaped to Caen.

    Archive 2007-12-16 de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • Charlotte approached him and told him she had news from Normandy of the factionary Girondins who had escaped to Caen.

    Charlotte Corday a Short Biography de Brantigny........................ 2007

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