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Webster 1913 Edition


Fratricide

Frat′ri-cide

,
Noun.
[L.
fratricidium
a brother’s murder, fr.
fratricida
a brother's murderer;
frater
,
fratris
, brother +
caedere
to kill: cf. F.
fratricide
.]
1.
The act of one who murders or kills his own brother.
2.
[L.
fratricida
: cf. F.
fratricide
.]
One who murders or kills his own brother.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fratricide

FRAT'RICIDE

,
Noun.
[L. fratricidium; frater, brother, and caedo, to kill.]
1.
The crime of murdering a brother.
2.
One who murders or kills a brother.