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Definition of "quisling" []

  • A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "quisling" in a sentence
  • "But: marxist "is not a modifier for" quisling "- they are freestanding faults in his panoply of faults."
  • "Clark also wrote the disgusting recent CiF piece calling for the "quisling" Iraqi translators to be denied asylum."
  • "The Norwegians—who gave us the term "quisling"—awarded former President Jimmy Carter the Peace Prize"