[ kɒpt ]
■ noun
1》 a native Egyptian in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
2》 a member of the ~ic Church, the native Christian Church in Egypt.
Origin
from Fr. ~e or mod. L. ~us , from Arab. al-ḳibṭ , al-ḳubṭ '~s', from ~ic Gyptios , from Gk Aiguptios 'Egyptian'.