'Parricide' definitions:
Definition of 'parricide'
From: WordNet
noun
Someone who kills his or her parent
noun
The murder of your own father or mother
Definition of 'Parricide'
From: GCIDE
- Parricide \Par"ri*cide\, n. [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [L. parricidium.] The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'parricide'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aborticide,
- fratricide,
- fungicide,
- genocide,
- germicide,
- herbicide,
- homicide,
- infanticide,
- insecticide,
- matricide,
- microbicide,
- patricide,
- pesticide,
- regicide,
- rodenticide,
- sororicide,
- suicide,
- uxoricide,
- vermicide