regicide
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See also: régicide
Pronunciation
- enPR: rĕj'ə-sīd, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛ.d͡ʒə.saɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)
Noun
regicide (plural regicides)
- The killing of a king.
- Hyponym: tyrannicide
- Coordinate term: reginacide
Derived terms
Translations
the killing of a king
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Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicida (“king-killer”).
Noun
regicide (plural regicides)
- 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):
- 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.
Translations
one who kills a king
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Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “regicide”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Pronunciation
Noun
regicide f
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