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quisling
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quis·ling  (kwzlng)
n.
A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country.
[After Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945), head of Norway's government during the Nazi occupation (1940-1945).]
quisling [ˈkwɪzlɪŋ]
n
(Military) a traitor who aids an occupying enemy force; collaborator
[after Major Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945), Norwegian collaborator with the Nazis]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.quisling - someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying forcequisling - someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
collaborationist, collaborator
traitor, treasonist - someone who betrays his country by committing treason
quisling
noun traitor, betrayer, collaborator, renegade, Judas, turncoat, fifth columnist They called him a quisling.
Translations
quisling [ˈkwɪzlɪŋ] N → colaboracionista mf
quisling [ˈkwɪzlɪŋ] n → collaborateur/trice m/f
quisling
n → Quisling m
quisling [ˈkwɪzlɪŋ] n (old) → collaborazionista m/f
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Faced with the demands of the construction industry, some councillors act like quislings appeasing an invading army.
Letter: County split by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Evening Chronicle May 5, 1945 (Saturday) Headline: Surrender notices go up in Norway Big capitulation to Montgomery goes without a hitch Quislings against last stand The story went on: The big German surrender to Montgomery went into effect at 8am today and with resistance having collapsed on the Austrian front and a reported patriot rising in Czechoslovakia, the official announcement the war is over is eagerly awaited.
On this day by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Below them will be four Iraqi advisers, quislings appointed by the US.
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