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

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

From Reuters

“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.

From Seattle Times

Wagner, if it survives, or other emerging Russian mercenary groups, will increasingly find the market limited to putschist regimes using them as the security partner of last resort.

From BBC

French President Emmanuel Macron called the Wagner group “criminal mercenaries” and “the life insurance of faltering and putschist regimes.”

From Washington Times

The idea that a Myanmar putschist or a Taliban militant on a terrorism watch list could become a credentialed U.N. envoy may sound dumbfounding.

From New York Times