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quis·ling

 (kwĭz′lĭng)
n.
A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country.

[After Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945), head of Norway's government during the Nazi occupation (1940-1945).]
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quisling

(ˈkwɪzlɪŋ)
n
(Military) a traitor who aids an occupying enemy force; collaborator
[C20: after Major Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), Norwegian collaborator with the Nazis]
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quis•ling

(ˈkwɪz lɪŋ)

n.
a person who betrays his or her country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government.
[1940; after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), pro-Nazi Norwegian leader]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.quisling - someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying forcequisling - someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
traitor, treasonist - someone who betrays his country by committing treason
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quisling

noun traitor, betrayer, collaborator, renegade, Judas, turncoat, fifth columnist They called him a quisling.
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изменникпредател
maanpetturiquisling
quislingcollabo

quisling

[ˈkwɪzlɪŋ] Ncolaboracionista mf
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quisling

[ˈkwɪzlɪŋ] ncollaborateur/trice m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

quisling

nQuisling m
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quisling

[ˈkwɪzlɪŋ] n (old) → collaborazionista m/f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Charlatan Boris Johnson can't believe his luck when Labour quislings, Lib Dem chancers and Tory cowards could keep an unelected Prime Minister in power.
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What manner of man are these Quislings? They say nothing of the millions of pounds wasted on sending MPs and Lords to sit in the "Best Gentlemen's Club in the World"in Westminster ,to do nothing that would not be better done in Cardiff Bay.
I can only assume they have been taken over by Quislings who represent the international socialist banking establishment.
In short, we are in danger of having our security and that of Israel compromised by political Quislings. And we wonder how Hitler came to be!
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