putschist

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English

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

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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

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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putschist m (plural putschisten)

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