tyrannicide

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English

Etymology

From French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīda. Equivalent to tyrant +‎ -cide.

Pronunciation

Noun

tyrannicide (countable and uncountable, plural tyrannicides)

  1. The killing of a tyrant.
  2. Someone who kills a tyrant.
    • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 51:
      Princip had even found time to learn by heart the entirety of The Mountain Wreath, Petrović-Njegos's stirring epic celebration of the selfless tyrannicide Miloš Obilić.

Hypernyms

(killing of a tyrant):

(killer of a tyrant):

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

tyrannicide m (plural tyrannicides)

  1. tyrannicide
  2. a person who performs tyrannicide

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