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fifth columnist

Meaning of "fifth columnist" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF FIFTH COLUMNIST

fɪfθ ˈkɒləmɪst


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIFTH COLUMNIST

noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fifth columnist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FIFTH COLUMNIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fifth column

A fifth column is any group of people who undermine a larger group, such as a nation or a besieged city, from within. The activities of a fifth column can be overt or clandestine. Forces gathered in secret can mobilize openly to assist an external attack. This term is also extended to organized actions by military personnel. Clandestine fifth column activities can involve acts of sabotage, disinformation, or espionage executed within defense lines by secret sympathizers with an external force.

Definition of fifth columnist in the English dictionary

The definition of fifth columnist in the dictionary is a Falangist sympathizer in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War who was prepared to join the four columns of insurgents marching on the city. Other definition of fifth columnist is any hostile or subversive infiltrator.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FIFTH COLUMNIST

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FIFTH COLUMNIST

fifteen · fifteener · fifteenth · fifteenthly · fifth · Fifth Amendment · fifth column · fifth disease · fifth force · fifth form · Fifth Republic · fifth wheel · fifth-generation · fifth-grader · fifthly · fifties · fiftieth · fifty · fifty-fifty · fiftyish

WORDS THAT END LIKE FIFTH COLUMNIST

advice columnist · agonist · antagonist · cartoonist · communist · concert pianist · exhibitionist · expressionist · feminist · gossip columnist · humanist · hymnist · internist · machinist · modernist · nutritionist · pianist · protagonist · receptionist · violinist

Synonyms and antonyms of fifth columnist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fifth columnist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FIFTH COLUMNIST

Find out the translation of fifth columnist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fifth columnist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fifth columnist» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

第五专栏作家
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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quinta columnista
570 millions of speakers
en

English

fifth columnist
510 millions of speakers
hi

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पांचवें स्तंभकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

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كاتب العمود الخامس
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

пятый обозреватель
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

quinto colunista
270 millions of speakers
bn

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পঞ্চম কলাম
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

la cinquième colonne
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kolumnis kelima
190 millions of speakers
de

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fünften Kolumnist
180 millions of speakers
ja

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第五コラムニスト
130 millions of speakers
ko

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다섯째 칼럼니스트
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kaloro pawarto
85 millions of speakers
vi

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mục thứ năm
80 millions of speakers
ta

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ஐந்தாவது கட்டுரையாளர்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पाचव्या स्तंभलेखक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Beşinci köşe yazarı
70 millions of speakers
it

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quinta colonna
65 millions of speakers
pl

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piąta publicysta
50 millions of speakers
uk

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п´ятий оглядач
40 millions of speakers
ro

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al cincilea cronicar
30 millions of speakers
el

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πέμπτη αρθρογράφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vyfde rubriekskrywer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

femte kolumnist
10 millions of speakers
no

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femte spaltist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fifth columnist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FIFTH COLUMNIST»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fifth columnist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIFTH COLUMNIST»

Discover the use of fifth columnist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fifth columnist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rugby Games & Drills
The team that catches the ball then attempts to get the ball to its fifth columnist ( i.e., the player who is in the other half of the grid) to score a point. The players may not run with the ball but may pass it in any direction. If the ball is intercepted, the ...
Rugby Football Union, Worsnop, Simon
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Anti-Foreign Imagery in American Pulps and Comic Books, ...
cues from both th e earlier war propaganda and th e pulps, co mic books following America's entry into the Second World War depicted Nazis in two distinct ways — that of the Nazi spy (th e dreaded “fifth columnist”) and the Nazi mad scientist ...
Nathan Vernon Madison, 2013
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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1968: July-December
B493493; l6Apr4l, B495641; 23Apr4l, B496122; 30Apr4l, B496449. Zenith Brown (Mrs. Ford Brown) (A); l4Nov68; R448816-448820. Murder of a fifth columnist, by Leslie Ford, pseud. Prev. pub. serially in the Saturday evening post, Mar.
Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1971
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Palouse Pilot
There were many like Uncle George who felt that the “for poorer” clause had been taken to the extreme, and who lent a supportive ear to political agitators. For these disgruntled folk the term “fifth columnist” was often applied to imply traitorous ...
Nona Hengen, Susan Rohwer Mcintyre, Tracy Poe Rohwer, 2009
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Hitler Attacks Pearl Harbor: Why the United States Declared ...
The puppetmaster thesis and its Fifth Columnist premise were kept alive throughout World War II by various propagandists, including many highly respected intellectuals such as historians Allan Nevins and Louis Hacker. In their 1943 book ...
Richard F. Hill, 2003
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LIFE
Word goes z round that this is sabotage— the work of a 'fifth columnist." You are indignant. But not all fifth col- winists set fires— not all of them can be tracked lown by <fG-Men." There is a far more blister saboteur — unseen — a destroyer of ...
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The Memoirs of Mustapha Hussain: Malay Nationalism Before UMNO
An account by fifth columnist Mohd Mustafa is included as an appendix to the Malay version of my memoirs (Mustapha Hussain, 1999: Appendix 7, pp. 590-6). 6. According to Lt General Fujiwara Iwaichi in his book F Kikan (p. 141), the date of ...
Mustapha Hussain, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, 2005
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America's Japanese Hostages: The World War II Plan for a ...
... the implication being Peruvian Japanese were a ready reserve force, probably active in espionage and only awaiting word of their emperor before undertaking fifth columnist activities in Peru and bringing about victories such as those taking  ...
Thomas Connell, 2002
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The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire
... 159 Shafarevich, Igor': appeal for Russian nation-building, 280–81; views on Marxist-Leninist ideology, 129 Shakhnazarov, Georgii, 7, 12; as an alleged “fifth columnist,” 300; on founding of CIS, 272 Shakhrai, Sergei: on KGB arrest list, 207 ; ...
John B. Dunlop, 1995
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Dressing Up for War: Transformations of Gender and Genre in ...
When her fiance Andrew observes "There's a Fifth Columnist inside every one of us" (78), he is referring to both of them, and also to Betty Miller herself. This was exactly how she described herself in 1945, explaining that in wartime we are ...
Aránzazu Usandizaga, Andrew Monnickendam, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIFTH COLUMNIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fifth columnist is used in the context of the following news items.
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India's Second World War: the history you don't hear about
... his allegiance to the Japanese, could let down his colleagues and mess-mates and become a JIF – a “Japanese-Inspired Fifth Columnist” – a ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
2
George Jonas: On terrorism, half-measures seldom work. Full …
A “lone wolf” terrorist or fifth columnist with a home-made bomb can paralyze a city — not by the damage his explosive causes but by the ... «National Post, Jul 15»
3
Fifth Columnist: The nasbandi years
When former prime minister Indira Gandhi announced general elections in January 1977 after nearly two years of internal Emergency, the most ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»
4
"New British draft has elements from Russian document"
They have infested Serbia with fifth columnist NGO's whose job it is to weaken Serbia from within and spread anti-Serb propaganda. «B92, Jul 15»
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'Britain's Schindler' dies at 106
The Daily Mail even put its support behind Oswald Mosely Iwho was interred for the duration of the war as a traitor and fifth columnist) and his ... «Kidderminster Shuttle, Jul 15»
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Fifth Columnist: No women, no cry
Since the formation of the NDA government last year, there has been endless speculation about the infallibility of the Narendra Modi ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jun 15»
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Bukola Saraki, Posterity and the Similitude of Ajagungbale By Yinka …
... fifth columnist or a malleable tool in the hands of the detractors of APC and by extension, enemies of Nigeria and the much desired Change. «SaharaReporters.com, Jun 15»
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Industrialist Sam Ohuabunwa Attacks Buhari, says its a regime of …
Who was the fifth columnist who sold the APC legislators a dummy? Whether he was an insider or outsider, he must receive an award for being ... «Osun Defender, Jun 15»
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Fifth Columnist: Modi's litmus test
Prime minister Narendra Modi, the world's most tweeting head of government, who uses the handle to communicate with countrymen on ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jun 15»
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Uber is overwhelming – London black cabs' only future is tourism …
Whether Boris is really a fifth columnist who publicly feigns to be the cabbie's chum while privately belting out Uber Uber Alles in his bath, ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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