quisling

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 3, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>quisling</strong> &#149; \KWIZ-ling\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><strong>:</strong> one who commits <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/treason">treason</a> <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traitor">traitor</a>, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collaborator">collaborator</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Not only do they <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confound">confound</a> the escape of the prisoner with the flight of the deserter; but they would seem to prefer the acquiescence of the '<em>quisling</em>' to the resistance of the patriot." — <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/58418323-tolkien-on-fairy-stories">J. R. R. Tolkien, "On Fairy-Stories," 1947</a></p> <p>"The episode centres around a fictitious scene in which Mountbatten confronts Prince Charles over his pursuit of married Camilla Parker Bowles. During the robust exchange with Mountbatten, the Prince of Wales hits back, describing him as a '<em>quisling</em>'…." — <a href="https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/trauma-of-murders-at-mullaghmore-has-never-gone-away-39775050.html">Rodney Edwards, <em>The Independent</em> (Ireland), 22 Nov. 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian army officer who in 1933 founded Norway's <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascist">fascist</a> party. In December 1939, he met with Adolf Hitler and urged him to occupy Norway. Following the German invasion of April 1940, Quisling served as a figurehead in the <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppet%20government">puppet government</a> set up by the German occupation forces, and his linguistic fate was sealed. Before the end of 1940, <