| Pronunciation: | | 'reji`sId
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- [n] the act of killing a king
- [n] someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
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REGICIDE is a 8 letter word that starts with R. |
| | See Also: | | kill, killer, killing, putting to death, slayer |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Reg"i*cide\ (r?j"?*s?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.
2. The killing or the murder of a king.
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