- regicide (noun)someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
- regicide (noun)the act of killing a king
- regicide (Noun)The killing of a king.
- regicide (Noun)One who kills a king.
- Regicide The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a monarch, or the person responsible for the killing of a monarch. In a narrower sense, in the British tradition, it refers to the judicial execution of a king after a trial. More broadly, it can also refer to the killing of an emperor.
Origin: From regis, genitive singular of rex + -cida or -cidium, both from caedo
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