0 believing that a government should be removed by force:
He called on citizens to refrain from being influenced by the putschist attitudes of opposition groups.
1 a person who takes part in a putsch (= an attempt to remove a government by force)
The left-wing workers' parties decided on a spontaneous alliance against the putschists.
The triumvirate agreed, fearing the consequences of their initial cooperation with the putschists, and acted to put down the putsch attempt.
Support for the putschists exasperated the already galvanised intelligentsia.
As a result, he reluctantly agreed to inaugurate the putschist government on the condition that it be made up largely of civilian ministers.
