Editing Quisling (section)

{{Short description|Term for a traitor or collaborator}}
{{About|the word}}
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Moebius-029-12, Norwegen, Besuch Himmler, Terboven und Quisling.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Left to right: [[Vidkun Quisling]] seated next to [[Heinrich Himmler]], [[Josef Terboven]] and [[Nikolaus von Falkenhorst]] in front of officers of the [[Waffen-SS]], German Army and Air Force in 1941]]

'''''Quisling''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|w|ɪ|z|l|ɪ|ŋ}}, {{IPA|no|ˈkvɪ̂slɪŋ|lang}}) is a term used in [[North Germanic languages|Scandinavian languages]] and in English to mean a citizen or politician of an occupied country who collaborates with an enemy occupying force; it may also be used more generally as a synonym for ''[[treason|traitor]]'' or collaborator.<ref name="Scrabble" /><ref name="Collins" /><ref name="Wordfind" /> The word originates from the surname of the Norwegian war-time leader [[Vidkun Quisling]] (1887–1945), who headed a domestic [[Quisling regime|Nazi collaborationist regime]] during [[German occupation of Norway|World War&nbsp;II]].