quisling

Etymology
, who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two. From Quislinus, Latinization of Quislin, based on the Danish place name. This term first appeared in 1940.

The surname is seemingly supposed to mean "one who is from Kvislemark", and is equivalent to. However, the earlier form of the name, Quislinus/Quislin, appears to have been a fanciful coinage based upon +, and only later on came to be reinterpreted as containing. Kvislemark is composed of Danish. itself is a derivative of, which ultimately comes (by dissimilation) from. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Ultimately related to English, , and.

Noun

 * 1)  A traitor who collaborates with the enemy.

Translations

 * Armenian: կվիսլինգ
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: col·laboracionista
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 通敵者
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: quisling, landsforræder
 * Dutch:, , NSB'er
 * Finnish:, maanpetturi
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: κουίσλινγκ, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: квислинг, измеќар, предавник, колаборационист
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, , landssviker
 * Nynorsk: kvisling, quisling, landsforrædar, landssvikar
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: quisling
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: kvisling
 * Slovene: kvizling
 * Spanish: colaboracionista,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: зра́дник

Etymology
After Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.

Noun

 * 1) a  (traitor who collaborates with the enemy. Especially one who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)

Etymology
After.

Noun

 * 1) quisling

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) quisling

Etymology
1940, after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.

Noun

 * 1) a  (traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)

Etymology
1940, after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   traitor who collaborates with the enemy

Etymology
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Etymology
After.

Noun

 * 1)  a