Regicide
['redʒɪsaɪd] or ['rɛdʒɪsaɪd]
Definition
(noun.) the act of killing a king.
(noun.) someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king.
Typed by Corinne--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng.Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death.
(n.) The killing or the murder of a king.
Editor: Percival
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Murderer of a king.[2]. Murder of a king.
Edited by Barbie
Definition
n. the murderer of a king—applied esp. to the members of the High Court of Justice who sentenced Charles I. to death.—adj. Regicī′dal.
Typed by Leona
Examples
- When he is very drunk, his mind is always running on regicide. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- France, Sweden, Denmark, all found it wiser to overcome their first distaste for regicide and allied themselves with England. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Manfred