Meaning

2 senses

  1. The killing of a king.

    Königsmord, Fürstenmord

    цареуби́йствоcareubíjstvo

    the act of killing a king

  2. One who kills a king.

    Königsmörder, Fürstenmörder

    цареуби́йцаcareubíjca

    someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Is regicide a crime or a punishment?

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  2. Regicide is a foil to the divine right of kings.

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  3. Tom is a regicide.

    deTom ist ein Königsmörder. — Esperantostern

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
the killing of a king:
one who kills a king:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the killing of a king:
one who kills a king:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)

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Forms

plural: regicides
Singularregicide
Pluralregicides

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
regiciderkingslayer

Word family

3 related words
Derivedregicidalregiciderregicidism

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
regenerateregentreggaeB2regimeB2regimenregiment

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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