quisling
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkwɪz.lɪŋ/
quisling (plural quislings)
- (pejorative) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. [from 1940]
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- 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.
- 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
- (traitor) collaborator, traitor, rat
- French: quisling, collabo
- German: Kollaborateur, Verräter
- Portuguese: quisling
- Russian: кви́слинг
- Spanish: colaboracionista, traidor
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