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Webster 1913 Edition
Regicide
Reg′i-cide
(rĕj′ĭ-sīd)
, Noun.
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.
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)
- The killing of a king.
- 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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Synonyms
Translations
the killing of a king
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one who kills a king