English
Etymology
Named from Major w:Vidkun Quisling|Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian army officer and politician who collaborated with the occupying Germans during World War Two and was subsequently executed for treason.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�kwɪzlɪ�/
Noun
en-noun
- A traitor who collaborates with the enemy, especially during the Second World War.
#:*1993: 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. � Will Self, My Idea of Fun
Translations
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Bulgarian: п�еда�ел m, изменник m
Dutch: landverrader
Finnish: t|fi|quisling, t-|fi|maanpetturi
German: Kollaborateur m, Verräter m
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Norwegian: #Norwegian|quisling c, landsforræder c
Slovene: kvizling m
Swedish: #Swedish|quisling c, landsförrädare c
Category:Norwegian derivations
Category:English eponyms
es:quisling
ru:quisling
fi:quisling
sv:quisling
vi:quisling
zh:quisling
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