QUISLING


Meaning of QUISLING in English

/kwiz"ling/ , n.

a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government; fifth columnist.

[ 1940; after Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945), pro-Nazi Norwegian leader ]

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