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quisle

quisle verb: to collaborate with an (occupying) enemy power; be a quisling.

Verb

quisle (third-person singular simple present quisles, present participle quisling, simple past and past participle quisled)

  1. (rare) To collaborate with an (occupying) enemy power; be a quisling.
    • He is surrounded by a potential American Quisling (Mr. DENNIS ARUNDELL) who grizzles and Quisles noisily, an unhappy secretary (Mr. BRUNO BARNABE), and an even more unhappy wife (Miss MARGARETTA SCOTT).1940, Punch, page 181

Synonyms of quisle

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Forms of quisle

third-person singular presentquisles
present participlequisling
past participlequisled
pastquisled

Origin of quisle

Back-formation from quisling.

Words formed from quisle

Questions about quisle

What does quisle mean?
Quisle means to collaborate with an (occupying) enemy power; be a quisling.
What part of speech is quisle?
Quisle is a verb.
What is the past tense of quisle?
The past tense of quisle is quisled.

Words near quisle in the dictionary

  1. quishan
  2. quishans
  3. quishes
  4. quishing
  5. quisinostat
  6. quisle
  7. quisler
  8. quislers
  9. quisling
  10. quislingise
  11. quislingised

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