All 3 Uses of
coup
in
The Awakening
- "What about the dinner?" he asked; "the grand event, the coup d'etat?"†
Chpt 29
- Why do you call it the 'coup d'etat?'†
Chpt 29 *
- "And you ask me why I call it a coup d'etat?"†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(coup as in: deposed in the coup) the sudden overthrow of a government by use of limited forceeditor's notes: This sense of coup is also called a coup d'état.