regicide

[ rej-uh-sahyd ]

/ ˈrɛdʒ əˌsaɪd /

noun

the killing of a king.

a person who kills a king or is responsible for his death, especially one of the judges who condemned Charles I of England to death.

Origin of regicide

1540–50; <Latin rēg-, stem of rēx king + -i- + -cide

OTHER WORDS FROM regicide

reg·i·cid·al, adjective

Words nearby regicide

Reggio Calabria, Reggio di Calabria, Reggio Emilia, Reggio nell'Emilia, Reggy, regicide, regift, regime, regime change, regimen, regiment

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Example sentences from the Web for regicide

He was not directly implicated in the King's death, and all that he could be accused of was using words incentive to regicide.
Cornish Characters|S. Baring-Gould
Terrible confession wrung from a regicide in the most impious moment of history!
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870|Various
The room in which Martin the Regicide was imprisoned nearly twenty years, was pointed out to us.
Three Years in Europe|William Wells Brown
In the present case, the pride of the Regicide may be our safety.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)|Edmund Burke

They were, indeed, very like that dreadful scaffold at which the Regicide was not afraid to point.
A Short History of England|G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for regicide

regicide

/ (ˈrɛdʒɪˌsaɪd) /

noun

the killing of a king

a person who kills a king

Derived forms of regicide

regicidal, adjective

Word Origin for regicide

C16: from Latin rēx king + -cide

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单词	regicide
释义	regicide [ rej-uh-sahyd ] / ˈrɛdʒ əˌsaɪd / noun the killing of a king. a person who kills a king or is responsible for his death, especially one of the judges who condemned Charles I of England to death. Origin of regicide 1540–50; <Latin rēg-, stem of rēx king + -i- + -cide OTHER WORDS FROM regicide reg·i·cid·al, adjective Words nearby regicide Reggio Calabria, Reggio di Calabria, Reggio Emilia, Reggio nell'Emilia, Reggy, regicide, regift, regime, regime change, regimen, regiment Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for regicide He was not directly implicated in the King's death, and all that he could be accused of was using words incentive to regicide. Cornish Characters\|S. Baring-Gould Terrible confession wrung from a regicide in the most impious moment of history! Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870\|Various The room in which Martin the Regicide was imprisoned nearly twenty years, was pointed out to us. Three Years in Europe\|William Wells Brown In the present case, the pride of the Regicide may be our safety. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)\|Edmund Burke They were, indeed, very like that dreadful scaffold at which the Regicide was not afraid to point. A Short History of England\|G. K. Chesterton British Dictionary definitions for regicide regicide / (ˈrɛdʒɪˌsaɪd) / noun the killing of a king a person who kills a king Derived forms of regicide regicidal, adjective Word Origin for regicide C16: from Latin rēx king + -cide Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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