collaborationist

[kuh-lab-uh-rey-shuh-nist]

noun

1. a person who collaborates with an enemy; collaborator.

Other Word Forms

• collaborationism noun
• noncollaborationist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of collaborationist¹

First recorded in 1920–25; collaboration + -ist

Example Sentences

Even François Mitterrand, who became French president during the 1980s, had a collaborationist past.

From Salon

The government is deeply loathed among Palestinians, who view it as corrupt and collaborationist with Israel.

From Washington Times

The French resistance comprised underground organizations that fought the Nazi occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy regime, playing a key role in the liberation of the country.

From New York Times

Now, she said, “people are talking about who was a collaborationist, who worked for the enemy.”

From New York Times

Condemned to death after France’s liberation in 1945 for leading the collaborationist Vichy regime, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in the Citadel.

From New York Times