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Kvislemark
Danish · medieval
"a place name"
a Danish village name combining 'kvissel' (cleft branch) and 'mark' (borderland)
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Quisling
Norwegian · 1600s
"a family surname"
Latinized surname adopted by an ancestor of Vidkun Quisling, after the place name
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quisling
English · 1940 onward
"a traitor who collaborates with an occupying enemy"
coined after Vidkun Quisling, who headed Norway's Nazi puppet government
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