Quisling

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Translations

English

Etymology

Named from Major Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian army officer who collaborated with the occupying Germans during World War Two and was subsequantly executed for treason.

Pronunciation

IPA: /'kwɪzlɪŋ/

Noun

Singular quisling

Plural quislings

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 quisling of the first water. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun

Translations

• Bulgarian: предател m, изменник m
• Dutch: landverrader
• German: Verräter.
• Swedish: quisling c, landsförrädare ces:quisling