sixth column

American  

noun

1. the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.

2. the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to blocking the efforts of the fifth column.

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Example Sentences

“I was almost the sixth column that day,” he said, before approaching the bouquets that lined the floor.

From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2021

Starting it on the sixth column was a very odd decision for the Times’ constructor to make—and yet this odd decision was replicated in Parker’s version.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2016

"Chen Yi's sixth column and some of Liu Po-cheng's troops are. throwing up defense lines between here and Huang Wei's Twelfth Army Group."

From Time Magazine Archive

The sixth column has been diminished but not destroyed.

From Time Magazine Archive

One division of the sixth column attacked at Le Plessis, north of Guiscard, on the 24th, and on the following day took Muirancourt, Rimbercourt and Croisilles.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various