copts Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians
    Copt.
  2. noun a member of the Coptic Church
    Copt.

WordNet


Copts noun plural
Etymology
See Coptic.
Wordforms
singular Copt
Definitions
(Etnol.)
  1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.
  2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile. ✍ they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite Christians, and for eleven centuries have had possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria.

Webster 1913