fifth columnist

English

Etymology

From fifth column +‎ -ist.

Noun

fifth columnist (plural fifth columnists)

1. someone who belongs to a group that secretly undermines another organization

Translations

a member of a fifth column

• Catalan: quintacolumnista (ca) m or f,
• Danish: femtekolonnemand c
• Macedonian: петтоколонаш m (pettokolonaš)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: femtekolonnist (no) m

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