COUNTERCOUP


Meaning of COUNTERCOUP in English

/kown"teuhr kooh'/ , pl. countercoups /-koohz'/ . n.

a coup aimed at the replacement of a government that itself achieved power through an earlier coup.

[ 1960-65; COUNTER- + COUP 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .