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sixth columns

sixth columns is the plural of sixth column.

Meaning of sixth column

Noun

sixth column (plural sixth columns)

  1. An additional group, beyond an identified fifth column, of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.
    • If the Government is talking about suppressing a Fifth Column, why raise a Sixth Column?1940 June 3, The Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne, page 3, column 3
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sixth, column.

Questions about sixth columns

What is sixth columns the plural of?
Sixth columns is the plural of sixth column.

Words near sixth columns in the dictionary

  1. sixtel
  2. sixtels
  3. sixth
  4. sixth column
  5. sixth columnist
  6. sixth columns
  7. Sixth Commandment
  8. sixth cousin
  9. sixth cousins
  10. sixth cranial nerve
  11. Sixth Day

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