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fifth columnist

noun

a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader

• Syn: ↑saboteur

• Hypernyms: ↑traitor, ↑treasonist

• Member Holonyms: ↑fifth column, ↑Trojan horse

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noun

see fifth column

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fifth columnist /kolˈəm-ist/ noun

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Main Entry: ↑fifth

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fifth columnist noun [countable] [singular fifth columnist plural fifth columnists]

Thesaurus: disloyal people_synonym

Main entry: fifth column

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fifth columnist,

a member of a fifth column. SYNONYM(S): quisling.

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ˌfifth ˈcolumnist [fifth columnist fifth columnists] ; noun

Main entry: ↑fifth column_derived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.