colonels' coup

noun

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

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Meanings

nouncolonels' coup (plural colonels' coups)

plural colonels' coups

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