putschist

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊtʃɪst/

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.

   • 2025 March 6, “Five jailed for far-right plot to overthrow German government”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The alleged putschists are said to have taken inspiration from the global QAnon movement.

• stitch-ups

• Putschist (dated)

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

• IPA^(key): /putˈʃɪst/

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• Hyphenation: put‧schist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

putschist m (plural putschisten)

1. a putschist [from ca. 1919]

   Synonyms: couppleger, staatsgrijper