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Coup
Coup Coup (k[=oo]), n.
1. A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal at rouge
et noir. [Cant]
2. Among some tribes of North American Indians, the act of
striking or touching an enemy in warfare with the hand or
at close quarters, as with a short stick, in such a manner
as by custom to entitle the doer to count the deed an act
of bravery; hence, any of various other deeds recognized
by custom as acts of bravery or honor.
While the coup was primarily, and usually, a blow
with something held in the hand, other acts in
warfare which involved great danger to him who
performed them were also reckoned coups by some
tribes. --G. B.
Grinnell.
Among the Blackfeet the capture of a shield, bow,
gun, war bonnet, war shirt, or medicine pipe was
deemed a coup. --G. B.
Grinnell.
Coup
Coup Coup v. i.
To make a coup.
Woe to the Sioux if the Northern Cheyennes get a chance
to coup ! --F.
Remington.
Meaning of Coups from wikipedia
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systems than Cold War
coups,
though coups still mostly perpetuate authoritarianism. Many
factors may lead to the
occurrence of a
coup, as well as determine...
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Coups debuted as a
member and the
leader of the
South Korean boy
group Seventeen with the
extended play 17
Carat on May 26.
Since debuting, S.
Coups has...
- from
taking power.
These events are
called self
coups. This is a
chronological list of such
coups and
coup attempts, from
ancient times to the present. 876...
- The
Fijian coups d'état of 1987
resulted in the
overthrow of the
elected government of
Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra, the
deposition of Elizabeth...
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Chief Plenty Coups became a
chief at the age of twenty-nine; he is the last
chief who was
elected a
chief by
other chiefs.
Plenty Coups was born into...
- The 400
Blows (French: Les
quatre cents coups) is a 1959
French coming-of-age
drama film, and the
directorial debut of François Truffaut, who also co-wrote...
- The
Coup Belt (French: la
ceinture de
coups d'État) is a
modern geopolitical concept and
neologism which emerged during the 2020s to
describe the region...
- have been four
Fijian coups d'état in the past
forty years: 1987
Fijian coups d'état (two) 2000
Fijian coup d'état 2006
Fijian coup d'état 2009
Fijian constitutional...
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causes of the
consistent pattern of
coups.
History of
Nigeria Military dictatorship in
Nigeria List of
coups and
coup attempts by
country Metz,
Helen Chapin...
- Les 400
Coups or Les
Quatre Cents Coups may
refer to: The 400 Blows, (French: Les
Quatre Cents Coups), a 1959
French film
directed by François Truffaut...
