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Definition of Putsch
1. Noun. A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.
Generic synonyms: Group Action
Specialized synonyms: Countercoup
Specialized synonyms: October Revolution, Russian Revolution
Derivative terms: Take Over
Definition of Putsch
1. Noun. A coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Putsch
1. a suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Putsch
Literary usage of Putsch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The German Socialist Party: Champion of the First Republic, 1918-1933 by William Harvey Maehl (1986)
"Consequences of the Kapp putsch 1t was a heavy loss to the republic when in March
... The so-called Kapp putsch, which they staged from 13 to 17 March 1920, ..."
2. The German Socialist Party: Champion of the First Republic, 1918-1933 by William Harvey Maehl (1986)
"Consequences of the Kapp putsch It was a heavy loss to the republic when in March
... The so-called Kapp putsch, which they staged from 13 to 17 March 1920, ..."
3. The Politics of Law and Order: A History of the Bavarian Einwohnerwehr, 1918 by David Clay Large (1980)
"Although the Kapp putsch was directed mainly against the Socialist government
... One of the key planners of the putsch, Waldemar Pabst, had kept in close ..."
4. The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy: Parties, Personalities, and Programs by Michael McFaul, Sergei Markov (1993)
"I think that the main political consequence of the putsch for our party is that
... The putsch gave us an opportunity to become a consolidating force of the ..."
5. The Metres of the Greeks and Romans: A Manual for Schools and Private Study by Eduard Munk (1844)
"W,e still possess a poem of Terentius Naurus on prosody and metre (in putsch
Gram- matt. vett. Lat. p. 2383 sqq. ; Terent. Mauri tle litteris, syl- labis, ..."
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