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quisling

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkwɪz.lɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted giilnqsuStarts with QEnds with G0 clues
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Definitions

  1. someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force

Word origin

Named after Norwegian military officer Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two. From Quislinus, Latinization of Quislin, based on the Danish place name Kvislemark. This term first appeared in 1940.

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  • If, in the nation about to be attacked, influential persons were discovered who could be bribed or corrupted, German agents made use of these quislings.
  • It is time to clear out the quislings and paid flunkies of city hall and big business.
  • 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.

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