Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixth column

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: six-th -col-umn
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sixth, column.

Example Sentences

"If the Government is talking about suppressing a Fifth Column, why raise a Sixth Column?"
"True, we have people of the fifth column, and, unfortunately, the sixth column, with us; they have them in every country; but so far in this war the British diplomatic and secret service has not been so successful as that clever, astute brute-man Hitler and his agents."

Etymology

Extension of fifth column.

Inflected Forms

sixth columns (plural)

Questions

What does sixth column mean?: 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.
Where does sixth column come from?: Extension of fifth column.

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