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English
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Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)
Noun
regicide (plural regicides)
- The killing of a king.
- Hyponym: tyrannicide
- Coordinate term: reginicide
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Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicida (“king-killer”).
Noun
regicide (plural regicides)
- One who kills a king.
- Synonym: kingslayer
- Hyponym: tyrannicide
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.
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃi.de/
- Rhymes: -ide
- Hyphenation: re‧gi‧cì‧de
Noun
regicide f
- plural of regicida