Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Today's Word "putsch"


Putsch \ PUCH ('u' as in 'push') \ (noun) - (Sometimes capitalized) A secretly planned and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government.

"Hitler operated from Munich where he enjoyed a fair degree of support, and it was here that his Putsch took place in an effort to seize power in Bavaria." -- Alan Jefferson, 'Elisabeth Schwarzkopf '

Putsch comes from German, from Middle High German, literally, "thrust."

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