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fifth columnist
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fifth columnist has 1 sense
- fifth columnist(n = noun.person) saboteur - a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader; Array is a member of fifth column, trojan horse
is a kind of traitor, treasonist
THESAURUS
fifth columnist
Trojan horse, apostate, backslider, bolter, collaborationist, collaborator, convert, crypto, defector, deserter, fellow traveler, fifth column, fraternizer, mugwump, proselyte, quisling, recidivist, recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, runagate, saboteur, schismatic, seceder, secessionist, security risk, separatist, strikebreaker, subversive, tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, underground
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