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Definition of putschist - 2 dictionary results

putsch⋅ist

  [pooch-ist]
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–noun
1. a participant in a putsch.
–adjective
2. taking part in or concerned with a putsch.
Origin:
1895–1900; < G Putsch putsch + -ist
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putsch also Putsch   (pŏŏch)   
n.  A sudden attempt by a group to overthrow a government.

[German, from German dialectal, from Middle High German, thrust, of imitative origin.]
putsch'ist n.
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