putschist

[pooch-ist]

noun

1. a participant in a putsch.

adjective

1. taking part in or concerned with a putsch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of putschist¹

1895–1900; < German Putsch putsch + -ist

Example Sentences

But it isn’t what’s holding back the putschists in the barracks from launching a democratic rebellion.

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"We will not be taken hostage by the putschists," Legendre told a daily press briefing.

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“We will consult with the putschists because we want things to be orderly,” Macron said in an interview with France’s TF1 and France 2 television stations.

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“The putschist is not only the person who takes up arms to overthrow a regime,” he told the gathering of world leaders in New York.

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Asked about the junta's latest comments, French President Emmanuel Macron said "we do not recognise any legitimacy in the statements of the putschists."

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