The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.
Quisling, Vidkun
(KWIZ-ling) A Norwegian military officer and politician of the twentieth century. He collaborated with the Germans in their conquest of Norway in World War II; the Germans rewarded him by making him leader of the German-controlled government of the country. After the German defeat, the Norwegian government had Quisling tried for treason and executed.
