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English Dictionary: copt by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Copt
n
  1. an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians
  2. a member of the Coptic Church
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Copts \Copts\ (k[ocr]pts"), n. pl.; sing. {Copt}. [See
      {Coptic}.] (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.
  
      Note: they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite
               Christians, and for eleven centuries have had
               possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria.
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