noun
- people who collaborate with an enemy occupying their country; traitors who help invaders
Usage: historical; derogatory
Examples
- The quislings were despised by their fellow citizens after the war.
- Local quislings provided information to the occupying forces.
- History books describe the quislings who aided the Nazi regime.
- The resistance movement targeted known quislings in the region.
- After liberation, many quislings faced trial for treason.
- The term comes from Vidkun Quisling, who collaborated with Nazi Germany in Norway.