regicide
the killing of a king.
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.
Origin of regicide
1Other words from regicide
- reg·i·cid·al, adjective
Words Nearby regicide
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How to use regicide in a sentence
We find in the Old Testament that the regicide is applauded; that treason and rebellion are approved.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachI would even go further, and say that, without any warm devotion to a king, a man may hate a regicide.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) | Charles James LeverRoma imagined she could see everything as it was intended353 to be—the signal, the rising, the regicide.
The Eternal City | Hall CaineA less revolutionary assembly never met, though there was a regicide or two among them.
Andrew Marvell | Augustine BirrellAfter the Restoration Axtell was put to his trial as a “regicide.”
Andrew Marvell | Augustine Birrell
British Dictionary definitions for regicide
/ (ˈrɛdʒɪˌsaɪd) /
the killing of a king
a person who kills a king
Origin of regicide
1Derived forms of regicide
- regicidal, adjective
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