quisling
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:35 pm
quisling (noun) a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country.
Origin: Second World War: from the name of Major Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), the Norwegian army officer and diplomat who ruled Norway on behalf of the German occupying forces (1940-45)
(src: OED)
Origin: Second World War: from the name of Major Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), the Norwegian army officer and diplomat who ruled Norway on behalf of the German occupying forces (1940-45)
(src: OED)