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–noun

1.	a member of the Coptic Church.

2.	a native Egyptian claiming descent from the ancient Egyptians.

Also, Copht.

[Origin: 1605–15; < Ar qubṭ, back formation from qubṭī < Coptic kyptios, var. of gyptios < Gk Aigýptios Egyptian

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Copt Audio Help (kŏpt) Pronunciation Key
n.

An Egyptian belonging to or descended from the people of ancient or pre-Islamic Egypt.
A member of the Coptic Church.

[French Copte, from New Latin Coptus, from Arabic Qubṭ, Copts, from Coptic Gyptias, from Greek Aiguptios, an Egyptian, from Aiguptos, Egypt, of Egyptian origin.]

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1615, from Ar. quft, probably from Coptic gyptios, from Gk. Agyptios "Egyptian." Native Egyptian Christian belonging to the Jacobite sect of Monophysites. Arabic has no -p- and often substitutes -f- or -b- for it.

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