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noun 
  1. 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 of the first water. " Will Self, My Idea of Fun
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.


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