Quislingist

English

Alternative forms

• quislingist

Etymology

Quisling +‎ -ist

Adjective

Quislingist (not comparable)

1. (dated) That is collaborating with an occupying enemy.
   • 1941, Bulletin of International News - Volume 18, Issues 1-20, page 686:

     Terboven then issued his decree of Sept. 25 declaring the King of Norway deposed, dissolving all political parties except Nasjonal Sanding, and setting up a Quislingist administration.

   • 1941, ONA News Bulletin - Volume 2:

     Norwegian Church leaders have flatly rejected suggestions" by the Quislingist regime that the Church join the anti-Bolshevist crusade,

   • 1943, The Living Church - Volume 107, page 38:

     The shortage of Quislingist clergymen in Norway is becoming so critical that Nazi authorities are offering pulpits to school teachers, according to a wireless message received by Religious News Service.

Noun

Quislingist (plural Quislingists)

1. (dated) A traitor who collaborates with an occupying enemy.
   • 1943, John Patrick MacCormac, This Time for Keeps - Volume 41, page 95:

     It is recorded that in that attack the Arabs were aided by political quarrels and even by traitors among the Christians; for instance one Maurontius, a rich man of Arles, appeared in the role of a French Quislingist.

   • 1943, The Link - Volume 1, Issues 1-8, page 35:

     On another occasion, a Quislingist became enraged at the size of a collection taken up in one of the churches served by a loyal clergyman.

   • 1945, David Abrahamsen, Men, Mind and Power, page 48:

     A third Quislingist was an editor who had for a long time played quite an important role in Norwegian publishing circles.

   • 2013, Richard Overy, New York Times Book of World War II 1939-1945:

     The building of the Royal Norwegian automobile Club is occupied by the commander of the German troops in Norway, Col. Gen. Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, who, it is rumored, refused to allow one Quislingist in his residence.