regicide

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  1. noun The killing of a king.
  2. noun One who kills a king.

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  • For Fleetwood was a sentenced regicide, and in July, Pennington and Ellwood were hurried off to Aylesbury gaol by an indefatigable justice of the peace, who was desirous of giving evidence of his zeal for the king's government. —  Milton
  • Lewis tells us about the regicide (and fratricide, for that matter), but as though to reinforce what a thorough bad guy Miraz is. —  Blogenspiel
  • These changes began a religious controversy in England that would lead to civil war, regicide, restoration, and ultimately revolution. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • When they did, in the massacres, regicide, and Terror of 1792 and '93, his dread deepened. —  City Journal
  • On the other hand, for many Independents, the regicide was entirely justified: Charles was a man who had been a tyrant and who defied the will of God and therefore had to be punished. —  Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com
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  1. Latin rēx, rēg-, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots + -cide.

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  1. =F. régicide =Spanish Portuguese Italian regicida, from Latin rex (reg-), a, king, + -cida, from cædere, kill.
  2. =F. régicide =Spanish Portuguese Italian regicidio, the slaying of a king, from Latin rex (reg-), king, + -cidium, a killing, from cædere, kill.
 

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/ˈrɛdʒɪsaɪd/
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