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Definition of: coup
(k
) noun plural coups (kz, Fr. k)
1 A sudden, telling blow; a master stroke; stratagem.
2 Among North American Indians, the first wound or cut inflicted by hand on an enemy.
3 A coup d'état.
—v.t. (koup) Scot. To turn upside down; upset. Also cowp. [<F, ult. <L colaphus a blow with the fist <Gk. kolaphos]
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