'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]

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