regicide

[ rej-uh-sahyd ]

/ ˈrɛdʒ əˌsaɪd /

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noun

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.

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Origin of regicide

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

OTHER WORDS FROM regicide

reg·i·cid·al, adjective

Words nearby regicide

Reggio Calabria, Reggio di Calabria, Reggio Emilia, Reggio nell'Emilia, Reggy, regicide, regift, regime, regime change, regimen, regiment

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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 Holbach
I 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 Lever
Roma imagined she could see everything as it was intended353 to be—the signal, the rising, the regicide.
The Eternal City|Hall Caine
A less revolutionary assembly never met, though there was a regicide or two among them.
Andrew Marvell|Augustine Birrell

After the Restoration Axtell was put to his trial as a “regicide.”
Andrew Marvell|Augustine Birrell

British Dictionary definitions for regicide

regicide

/ (ˈrɛdʒɪˌsaɪd) /

noun

the killing of a king

a person who kills a king

Derived forms of regicide

regicidal, adjective

Word Origin for regicide

C16: from Latin rēx king + -cide

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