Copt

American  

[kopt] / kɒpt /

Or Copht

noun

1. a member of the Coptic Church.

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

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Copt British  

/ kɒpt /

noun

1. a member of the Coptic Church

2. an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians

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Etymology

Origin of Copt

1605–15; < Arabic qubṭ, back formation from qubṭī < Coptic kyptios, variant of gyptios < Greek Aigýptios Egyptian

Example Sentences

Our unfriendly driver was a Copt, and although he hadn’t gone by the name of Girgis Egyptians don’t always use the first name that appears on their I.D.s.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2019

Francis expressed closeness Sunday to “the Orthodox Copt brothers” of Egypt after the attacks two days earlier in a Cairo suburb.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2017

Mr Armstrong, of Copt Hill, Danbury, Essex, is go on trial on 11 December.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2017

"The great wisdom of life," the Copt says toward the end of the book, "is that we can be masters of the things that try to enslave us."

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2013

Turk, Arab, Copt, and Druse, I know every one of them, and can make you as well acquainted with them as myself.

From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir