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REGICIDE
regicide
(noun) the act of killing a king
regicide
(noun) someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
regicide (plural regicides)
The killing of a king.
One who kills a king. [from 1540s]
Synonym: kingslayer
Source: Wiktionary
Reg"i*cide (rj"*sd), n. Etym: [F. régicide; L. rex, regis, a king + caedere to kill. Cf. Homicide.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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