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.

Synonyms

• putscher

 

Translations

one who participates in a putsch

• Czech: pučista (cs) m
• Dutch: couppleger (nl) m, putschist (nl) m
• Estonian: putšist
• German: Putschist (de) m, Putschistin (de) f
• Greek: πραξικοπηματίας (el) m (praxikopimatías)
• Macedonian: пучи́ст m (pučíst), пучи́стка f (pučístka)
• Persian: کودتاچی (kudetâči)
• Portuguese: golpista (pt)
• Russian: путчи́ст (ru) m (putčíst), путчи́стка f (putčístka)
• Ukrainian: путчи́ст m (putčýst)

Anagrams

• stitch-ups

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Putschist (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /putˈʃɪst/

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• Hyphenation: put‧schist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

putschist m (plural putschisten)

1. a putschist [from ca. 1919]

   Synonyms: couppleger, staatsgrijper