different between traitor vs quisling

English

Alternative forms

• traitour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English traitor, traitour, traytour, from Old French traïtor (French traître), from Latin tr?ditor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?e?t?(?)/
• (US) enPR: tr??t?r, IPA^(key): /?t?e?t?/, [?t??e???]
• Homophone: trader (in dialects with flapping)
• Rhymes: -e?t?(?)

Noun

traitor (plural traitors)

1. Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished
2. Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country.
3. Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust.

   Synonyms: betrayer, fink

Translations

See also

• Benedict Arnold
• Quisling
• Judas

Verb

traitor (third-person singular simple present traitors, present participle traitoring, simple past and past participle traitored)

1. To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.

Translations

Adjective

traitor (comparative more traitor, superlative most traitor)

1. traitorous

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

Translations

Old French

Alternative forms

• traïtor

Etymology

Adaptation of Latin tr?ditor, tr?ditorem.

Noun

traitor m (oblique plural traitors, nominative singular traitre, nominative plural traitor)

1. traitor

Related terms

• traïson

Descendants

• French: traître
• Norman: traître (Jersey)
• Walloon: traite
• ? Middle English: traytour, traitour, traitor
  • English: traitor
  • ? Middle Irish: trétúir
    • Irish: tréatúir

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin tr?ditor, tr?ditorem.

Noun

traitor m (oblique plural traitors, nominative singular traitors, nominative plural traitor)

1. traitor

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “traditor”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 01, page 02

English

Etymology

Named after Norwegian military officer Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two. From Quislinus, Latinization of Quislin, based on the Danish place name Kvislemark.

The name is seemingly supposed to mean "one who is from Kvislemark", and is equivalent to Kvislemark +? -ing (suffix designating a person of a certain origin or with certain qualities). Kvislemark is composed of Danish kvissel (“cleft branch”) +? mark (compare Danmark). kvissel itself is a derivative of Old Norse kvísl (“fork [as in a 'fork in the road']”), which ultimately comes (by dissimilation) from Proto-Germanic *tw?sil?. Cognates include Old English twisla (“confluence, junction, fork of a river or road”) and Old High German zwisila (“forked implement, twig, branch”).

Ultimately related to English twistle, twissel, and twizzle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?z.l??/

Noun

quisling (plural quislings)

1. (derogatory) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. [from 1940]

   Synonyms: collaborator, traitor, rat

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

quisling

1. present participle of quisle

See also

• fifth column

Further reading

• quisling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

After Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.

Noun

quisling c (singular definite quislingen, plural indefinite quislinge or quislinger)

1. a quisling (traitor who collaborates with the enemy. Especially one who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)

References

• “quisling” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

After Vidkun Quisling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??s.l??/
• Hyphenation: quis?ling

Noun

quisling m (plural quislingen, diminutive quislingetje n)

1. quisling

   Synonym: landverrader

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?isli??(i)/, [?k?is?li??(i)]

Noun

quisling

1. quisling

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

1940, after Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who ruled the Nazi collaborationist government of Norway during World War Two.

Noun

quisling m (definite singular quislingen, indefinite plural quislinger, definite plural quislingene)

1. a quisling (traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country)

References

• “quisling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

As above.

Noun

quisling m (definite singular quislingen, indefinite plural quislingar, definite plural quislingane)

1. a quisling (as above)

References

• “quisling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

quisling m (plural quislings)

1. (derogatory) quisling (traitor who collaborates with the enemy)