putschist

See also: Putschist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Putschist. Equivalent to putsch + -ist.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpʊtʃɪst/

Noun

putschist (plural putschists)

  1. One who participates in a putsch. [from 19th c.]
    • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 150:
      The Forum itself would always, henceforth, wield a strange kind of mesmeric fascination upon the mob demagogue or would-be putschist.

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Putschist. Equivalent to putsch + -ist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /putˈʃɪst/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: put‧schist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

putschist m (plural putschisten)

  1. A putschist. [from ca. 1919]
    Synonyms: couppleger, staatsgrijper
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