PARRICIDE

parricide

(noun) the murder of your own father or mother

parricide

(noun) someone who kills his or her parent

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

parricide (countable and uncountable, plural parricides)

Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.

Someone who commits treason.

The killing of a relative, especially a parent.

The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason.

Source: Wiktionary

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Par"ri*cide, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]

1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.

2. Etym: [L. parricidium.]

Definition: The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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