English Explanatory Dictionary

sixth column

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An additional group, beyond an identified fifth column, of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sixth, column.

Word forms

sixth column sixth columns

Etymology

Extension of fifth column.

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