A quisling is a traitor, specifically one who collaborates with an invading enemy force.
A traitor, especially one who aids an invading enemy.
| Front | quisling \KWIZ-ling\ |
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| Back | noun A traitor, especially one who aids an invading enemy. [After Major Vidkun Quisling (1887-V1945), Norwegian army officer who collaborated (1940-1945) with the German occupying forces during World War II and ruled Norway as head of the puppet government. He was shot for treason after the German defeat. Earliest documented use: 1940. Benedict Arnold was another army officer whose name has turned into an eponym as a synonym for a traitor.] "Zoran Djindjic will be remembered as a quisling who enriched himself by selling his country to those who had waged war against it." - Neil Clark; The Quisling of Belgrade; The Guardian (London, UK); Mar 13, 2003. |
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