noun
- people who participate in or support a putsch (a violent attempt to overthrow a government)
Usage: political term; plural form
Examples
- The putschists were arrested after their failed attempt to seize the capital.
- Military putschists overthrew the democratically elected government.
- The court sentenced the putschists to lengthy prison terms.
- International observers condemned the actions of the putschists.
- Several putschists fled the country when their coup collapsed.
- The putschists had planned to install a military dictatorship.