'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]

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