COUP


Meaning of COUP in English

[coup] vb [ME, to strike, fr. MF couper--more at cope] (ca. 1572) chiefly Scot: overturn, upset

[2]coup n, pl coups [F, blow, stroke--more at cope] (1791) 1: a brilliant, sudden, and usu. highly successful stroke or act

2: coup d'etat

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