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colonels' coups

colonels' coups is the plural of colonels' coup.

Meaning of colonels' coup

Noun

colonels' coup (plural colonels' coups)

  1. (informal) A military coup d'état instigated by a group of unit commanders, a faction of the military, and not the military establishment.

Questions about colonels' coups

What is colonels' coups the plural of?
Colonels' coups is the plural of colonels' coup.

Words near colonels' coups in the dictionary

  1. colonelled
  2. colonelling
  3. colonels
  4. colonels commandant
  5. colonels' coup
  6. colonels' coups
  7. colonelship
  8. colonelships
  9. coloner
  10. coloners
  11. colones

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