quisling

quisling
\ \ [20] Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician who from 1933 led the National Union Party, the Norwegian fascist party (Quisling was not his real name – he was born Abraham Lauritz Jonsson). When the Germans invaded Norway in 1940 he gave them active support, urging his fellow Norwegians not to resist them, and in 1942 he was installed by Hitler as a puppet premier. In 1945 he was shot for treason. The earliest recorded use of his name in English as a generic term for a ‘traitor’ comes from April 1940.

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  • Quisling — in Oslo (1942) Quisling, ein Autogramm gebend (1943) Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (* 18. Juli 1887 in Fyresdal; † …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Quisling — Quisling, after Norwegian politician Vidkun Quisling, who assisted Nazi Germany to conquer his own country, is a term used to describe traitors and collaborators. It was most commonly used for fascist political parties and military and… …   Wikipedia

  • quisling — QUÍSLING, quislingi, s.m. (livr.) Colaboraţionist (cu hitleriştii); trădător de patrie. [pr.: cvisling şi chisling] – Din n.pr. Quisling. Trimis de cata, 24.02.2002. Sursa: DEX 98  QUÍSLING, quíslingi, s.m. [quis pron. norv. cvis / fr. c …   Dicționar Român

  • QUISLING (V.) — QUISLING VIDKUN (1887 1945) Homme politique norvégien, Vidkun Quisling, entré dans l’armée en 1911, fut attaché militaire à Petrograd (Saint Pétersbourg actuellement), en 1918 et 1919, et à Helsinki, de 1919 à 1921. Il s’occupa d’assistance et de …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • quisling — / kwisling/ s.m. [dal cognome dell uomo politico norvegese Vidkun Quisling, che diresse un governo fantoccio collaborazionista con i nazisti]. (polit.) [uomo politico che collabora con il nemico invasore] ▶◀ collaborazionista …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • quisling — (n.) 1940, from Vidkun Quisling (1887 1945), Norwegian fascist politician who headed the puppet government during the Ger. occupation of Norway in World War II; shot for treason after Ger. defeat. First used in London Times of April 15, 1940, in… …   Etymology dictionary

  • quisling — /ˈkwizlin(g), norvegese ˈkvisliŋ/ [da n. di V. Quisling, capo del governo norvegese che collaborò con i tedeschi invasori dal 1940 al 1945] s. m. capo di governo fantoccio □ collaborazionista …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • quisling — ► NOUN ▪ a traitor collaborating with an occupying enemy force. ORIGIN from the Norwegian army officer Major Vidkun Quisling (1887 1945), who ruled Norway on behalf of the German occupying forces …   English terms dictionary

  • quisling — [kwiz′liŋ] n. [after V. Quisling (1887 1945), Norw politician who betrayed his country to the Nazis and became its puppet ruler] a traitor …   English World dictionary

  • Quisling — Quisling,der:⇨Kollaborateur …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • quisling — [n] traitor back stabber, betrayer, collaborator, colluder, defector, deserter, double crosser, double dealer, Judas, snake in the grass*, sympathizer, turncoat, two timer*; concept 412 …   New thesaurus

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