'Regicide' definitions:
Definition of 'regicide'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
noun
The act of killing a king
Definition of 'Regicide'
From: GCIDE
- Regicide \Reg"i*cide\ (r[e^]j"[i^]*s[imac]d), n. [F. r['e]gicide; L. rex, regis, a king + caedere to kill. Cf. Homicide.]
- 1. One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng. Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The killing or the murder of a king. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'regicide'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aborticide,
- fratricide,
- fungicide,
- genocide,
- germicide,
- herbicide,
- homicide,
- infanticide,
- insecticide,
- matricide,
- microbicide,
- parricide,
- patricide,
- pesticide,
- rodenticide,
- sororicide,
- suicide,
- uxoricide,
- vermicide