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regicide

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (king-killing)

Noun

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regicide (plural regicides)

  1. The killing of a king.
    Hyponym: tyrannicide
    Coordinate term: reginacide
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicida (king-killer).

Noun

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regicide (plural regicides)

  1. One who kills a king. [from 1540s]
    Synonyms: regicider, kingslayer
    Hyponym: tyrannicide
    Coordinate term: reginacide
    • 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)[1]:
      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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /re.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃi.de/
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Hyphenation: re‧gi‧cì‧de

Noun

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regicide f

  1. plural of regicida