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Meaning of "quisling" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUISLING

After Major Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), Norwegian collaborator with the Nazis.
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PRONUNCIATION OF QUISLING

quisling  [ˈkwɪzlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUISLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quisling 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 QUISLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

quisling

Quisling

A quisling is a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. The word originates from the Norwegian war-time leader Vidkun Quisling who was the head of a collaborationist regime in Norway during the Second World War.

Definition of quisling in the English dictionary

The definition of quisling in the dictionary is a traitor who aids an occupying enemy force; collaborator.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUISLING


bowling
ˈbəʊlɪŋ
calling
ˈkɔːlɪŋ
ceiling
ˈsiːlɪŋ
cooling
ˈkuːlɪŋ
cycling
ˈsaɪk əlɪŋ
dazzling
ˈdæzlɪŋ
dealing
ˈdiːlɪŋ
falling
ˈfɔːlɪŋ
feeling
ˈfiːlɪŋ
gosling
ˈɡɒzlɪŋ
handling
ˈhændlɪŋ
mailing
ˈmeɪlɪŋ
Riesling
ˈriːzlɪŋ
rolling
ˈrəʊlɪŋ
selling
ˈsɛlɪŋ
sizzling
ˈsɪzlɪŋ
sterling
ˈstɜːlɪŋ
telling
ˈtɛlɪŋ
willing
ˈwɪlɪŋ
wiseling
ˈwaɪzlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUISLING

quirk
quirkily
quirkiness
quirkish
quirky
quirt
quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
quislingism
quist
quit
quitch
quitch grass
quitclaim
quite
quite a
quite a little
quite so

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUISLING

baby sling
billing
brisling
controlling
darling
direct selling
filling
gin sling
healing
housling
killing
modeling
nursling
paling
sling
starling
styling
travelling
unsling
wrestling

Synonyms and antonyms of quisling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «QUISLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «quisling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of quisling

Translation of «quisling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUISLING

Find out the translation of quisling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quisling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quisling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吉斯林
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colaboracionista
570 millions of speakers

English

quisling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग़द्दार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كويزلينج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

квислинг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quisling
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বদেশদ্রোহী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

collaborateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Quisling
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Quisling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

quisling
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

quisling
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Quisling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người hợp tác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஐந்தாம்படை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्विझलिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vatan haini
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

collaborazionista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Quisling
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Квислінг
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

colaboraționist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κουΐσλιγκς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

quisling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

quisling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quisling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quisling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUISLING»

The term «quisling» is regularly used and occupies the 58.530 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUISLING» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUISLING»

Discover the use of quisling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quisling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quisling:
This book is the first comprehensive political biography of Vidkun Quisling, whose name became an eponym for "traitor" as a result of the notoriety he gained from his collaboration with the Germans during World War II. Despite the ...
Oddvar K. Hoidal, 1989
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Quisling: A Study in Treachery
A 1999 biography of the notorious wartime Norwegian leader, Vidkun Quisling, whose name is still used as a synonym for 'traitor'.
Hans Fredrik Dahl, 1999
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In Quisling's Shadow: The Memoirs of Vidkun Quisling's First ...
Alexandra Andreevna Voronine Yourieff, wife of Vidkun Quisling, reveals firsthand in this detailed memoir the tragedy, betrayals, misunderstandings, and happiness of her fascinating life.
Alexandra Andreevna Voronine Yourieff, Kirsten A. Seaver, 2007
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Reign of the Quisling-Rodents
Reign of the Quisling-Rodents tells of the gradual bane of a society to perdition which is not so much due to its dehumanizing physical quality as it is to a collective consciousness which is rooted in apocalyptic rapacity.
Ngolle-Metuge, 2010
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Hitler's Pre-Emptive War: The Battle for Norway 1940
Quisling, and Hagelin, on 16 and 18 December. Most sources, including Quisling's writings, mention only two meetings in total, those on 14 and 18 December. Taylor may have based his statement on Raeder's testimony at the Nuremberg ...
Henrik O. Lunde, 2010
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Folklore Fights the Nazis: Humor in Occupied Norway, 1940–1945
2 Quisling and Hitler Jokes Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945): What's In A Name? Because of his negotiations with Adolf Hitler for the German invasion of his own country, the name of Vidkun Quisling has internationally come to mean " collaborator ...
Kathleen Stokker, 1997
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History of World War II
Quisling (1887-1945) was the founder of a Norwegian fascist organization called the Fascist National Union Party (FNUP). Created during the 1930s, the FNUP actually received funding from the German Nazi Party in the late 1930s. Once the  ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2004
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Fables from the Mud
At long last come the tales of perhaps the three greatest invertebrates who ever lived.
Erik Quisling, Gahan Wilson, 2007
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Dictionary of Modern Political Ideologies
A third kind was exemplified by Vidkun Quisling in Norway. As head of the fascist Nasjonal Samling (national unity) party Quisling became an enthusiastic supporter of the Nazis, and in December 1939 urged Hitler to occupy Norway so that he ...
Michael A. Riff, 1990
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The Clairvoyant Practitioner: A Simple Guide to Developing ...
Clairvoyance is your psychic ability to see and know truths in life.
Tori Quisling, Erik Quisling, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUISLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quisling is used in the context of the following news items.
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Quisling the Ultimate Traitor
In the English dictionary, a quisling is a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. The term 'quisling' has become a synonym in many European ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
2
What's happening in the heads of Scots who call each other Nazis or …
Cybernats - at their worse and more rarely than some newspapers would have you believe - can call their foes "Quislings". Ultra-unionists like their World War II ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
3
SNP campaigner accused of TROLLING Charles Kennedy weeks …
Smith was panned for a series of disturbing tweets, where he called Kennedy a “drunken slob” and a “Quisling”, suggesting he was a traitor to Scotland. «Scottish Daily Record, Jun 15»
4
Republican Quislings' Syndrome Of Betrayal
I have often compared the GOP's quisling leaders to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). I see news reports and opinion pieces every day plumbing the ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
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WWII Nazi leader's passport up for auction
A passport used by Norway's Nazi leader Vidkun Quisling has been put up for auction, seventy years after he was executed following the end of Germany's ... «The Local.no, Jun 15»
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Putin's lapdog? Zuckerberg questioned over quisling claims
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has publicly denied that he is Vladimir Putin's stooge, after Ukrainian Facebookers complained about posts and accounts ... «The Register, May 15»
7
SNP official Andrew Szwebs unmasked as vicious 'cybernat' troll
An SNP official has been unmasked as a vicious online troll who used a bogus Twitter account to label a political opponent a 'Quisling' - or Nazi collaborator. «Daily Mail, May 15»
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Nicola Sturgeon refuses to sack Edinburgh candidate Neil Hay after …
In one post he likened Unionists to “Quislings”, a reference to the name of the Nazi collaborator who headed the puppet Norwegian government during Hitler's ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 15»
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Let Bygones Be: The Quisling Strategy That Leaves Liberty On The …
This proposal is so transparently illogical that I would let it go without comment, except for the fact that it reflects the de facto Party line of the GOP's quisling ... «Daily Caller, Feb 15»
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Jim Murphy says V&A investigation must have 'teeth'
... the meeting with his leading MSPs. The group accused him of running from them and branded him a 'quisling' as he was driven away from the venue. «The Courier, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Quisling [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/quisling>. May 2024 ».
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