\Copts\ (k[o^]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.