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Webster 1913 Edition


Regicide

Reg′i-cide

(rĕj′ĭ-sīd)
,
Noun.
[F.
régicide
; L.
rex
,
regis
, a king +
caedere
to kill. Cf.
Homicide
.]
1.
One who kills or who murders a king; specifically
(Eng. Hist.)
, one of the judges who condemned
Charles I.
to death.
2.
The killing or the murder of a king.

Webster 1828 Edition


Regicide

REG'ICIDE

,
Noun.
[L. rex, king, and caedo, to slay.]
1.
A king-killer; one who murders a king.
2.
The killing or murder of a king.

Definition 2024


regicide

regicide

See also: régicide

English

Noun

regicide (plural regicides)

  1. The killing of a king.
  2. One who kills a king.
    • 2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
      The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.

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Italian

Noun

regicide f

  1. plural of regicida