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Webster 1913 Edition


Tyrannicide

Ty-ran′ni-ciˊde

,
Noun.
[L.
tyrannicidium
the killing of a tyrant,
tyrannicida
the killer of a tyrant;
tyrannus
a tyrant +
caedere
to kill: cf. F.
tyrannicide
.]
1.
The act of killing a tyrant.
Hume.
2.
One who kills a tyrant.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tyrannicide

TYRAN'NICIDE

,
Noun.
[L. tyrannus, tyrant, and coedo, to fill.]
1.
The act of killing a tyrant.
2.
One who kills a tyrant.

Definition 2024


tyrannicide

tyrannicide

English

Noun

tyrannicide (plural tyrannicides)

  1. The killing of a tyrant.
  2. Someone who kills a tyrant.
    • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 51:
      Princip had even found time to learn by heart the entirety of The Mountain Wreath, Petrović-Njegos's stirring epic celebration of the selfless tyrannicide Miloš Obilić.

Translations


French

Noun

tyrannicide m (plural tyrannicides)

  1. tyrannicide
  2. a person who performs tyrannicide