quisling

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Definition of quisling in English English dictionary

A traitor who collaborates with the enemy, especially during the Second World War

The man she cherishes, the man she butterfly-kisses, the man she sleeps curved around like two spoons in a drawer. It is he who is evil, he who is sworn to destroy her, an emotional quisling of the first water.

collaborating; traitorous

A quisling is someone who helps an enemy army that has taken control of their country. someone who helps an enemy country that has taken control of their own country (Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945), Norwegian politician who helped the Nazis in Norway during World War II)

{i} traitor, one who betrays his nation to an enemy

someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

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Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonsson Quisling

born July 18, 1887, Fyresdal, Nor. died Oct. 24, 1945, Akershus Fortress, Oslo Norwegian politician and collaborator with the Germans in World War II. After serving as military attaché in Petrograd and Helsinki, he became Norway's minister of defense in 1931. He resigned in 1933 to form the fascist National Union party. He actively collaborated in the German conquest of Norway (1940) and served in the occupation government. His attempts to convert Norwegians to National Socialism aroused strong opposition. After Norway's liberation, he was found guilty of treason and executed. His name became a synonym for "traitor

Vidkun Quisling

born July 18, 1887, Fyresdal, Nor. died Oct. 24, 1945, Akershus Fortress, Oslo Norwegian politician and collaborator with the Germans in World War II. After serving as military attaché in Petrograd and Helsinki, he became Norway's minister of defense in 1931. He resigned in 1933 to form the fascist National Union party. He actively collaborated in the German conquest of Norway (1940) and served in the occupation government. His attempts to convert Norwegians to National Socialism aroused strong opposition. After Norway's liberation, he was found guilty of treason and executed. His name became a synonym for "traitor

quislings

plural of quisling

Hyphenation

quis·ling

Turkish pronunciation

kwîzlîng

Synonyms

back-stabber, betrayer, collaborator, colluder, defector, deserter, double-crosser, double-dealer, judas, snake in the grass, sympathizer, turncoat, two-timer

Pronunciation

/ˈkwəzləɴɢ/ /ˈkwɪzlɪŋ/

Etymology

() 1940, after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two. Romanization of the Danish place name Kvislemark.