fifth columnist

English

Etymology

From fifth column +‎ -ist

Noun

fifth columnist (plural fifth columnists)

someone who belongs to a group that secretly undermines another organization

Translations

a member of a fifth column

Catalan: quintacolumnista (ca) m, f,
Norwegian:
Bokmål: femtekolonnist (no) m

Portuguese: quinta-colunista m, f
Swedish: femtekolonnare (sv) c, quisling (sv) c, kollaboratör (sv) c

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