regicide

[rej-uh-sahyd]

noun

1. the killing of a king.

2. a person who kills a king or is responsible for his death, especially one of the judges who condemned Charles I of England to death.

regicide

/ ˈrɛdʒɪˌsaɪd /

noun

1. the killing of a king

2. a person who kills a king

Other Word Forms

• regicidal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of regicide¹

1540–50; < Latin rēg-, stem of rēx king + -i- + -cide

Word History and Origins

Origin of regicide¹

C16: from Latin rēx king + _-cide