quisling

Also used as

quisling is also the present participle and gerund of quisle.

quisling meaning in Bengali

Examples of quisling in a sentence

• It is time to clear out the quislings and paid flunkies of city hall and big business.1983 December 17, Tom Reeves, “The Scondras Victory”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 22, page 5:
• 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:
• He sees off an attack from humans, who have as servants certain quisling apes, former followers of Caesar’s traitorous ex-comrade Koba (a motion-capture performance from Toby Kebbell).2017 June 26, Peter Bradshaw, “War for the Planet of the Apes review”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2023:

Synonyms of quisling

• collaborator
• traitor
• rat
• backstabber
• betrayer
• double-crosser
• ratter
• recreant
• renegade
• serpent

All synonyms of quisling

Forms of quisling

Origin of quisling

Named after Norwegian military officer Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two. From Quislinus, Latinization of Quislin, based on the Danish place name Kvislemark. This term first appeared in 1940. The surname is seemingly supposed to mean "one who is from Kvislemark", and is equivalent to Kvisle(mark) + -ing (suffix designating a person of a certain origin or with certain qualities). However, the earlier form of the name, Quislinus/Quislin, appears to have been a fanciful coinage based upon Kvisle(mark) + Latin -inus (“suffix indicating a relationship of position, possession, or origin”), and only later on came to be reinterpreted as containing Norwegian -ing (“suffix designating a person of a certain origin or with certain qualities”). Kvislemark is composed of Danish kvissel (“cleft branch”) + mark (compare Danmark). kvissel itself is a derivative of Old Norse kvísl (“fork [as in a 'fork in the road']”), which ultimately comes (by dissimilation) from Proto-Germanic *twīsilō. Cognates include Old English twisla (“confluence, junction, fork of a river or road”) and Old High German zwisila (“forked implement, twig...

Words formed from quisling

• quisle
• quisler
• Quislingism
• quislingize
• quislingized
• quisling-style
• Quislingist

Related words

• fifth column

Questions about quisling

What does quisling mean?

Quisling means a traitor who collaborates with the enemy.

What is quisling in Bengali?

Quisling in Bengali is মীর জাফর (mir japhor), গদ্দার (goddar). See Quisling meaning in Bengali.

How do you use quisling in a sentence?

It is time to clear out the quislings and paid flunkies of city hall and big business.

What part of speech is quisling?

Quisling is a noun.

How do you pronounce quisling?

Quisling is pronounced /ˈkwɪz.lɪŋ/.

What is the plural of quisling?

The plural of quisling is quislings.