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Webster 1913 Edition

Regicide

Reg′i-cide

(rĕj′ĭ-sīd)
,
Noun.
[F.
régicide
; L.
rex
,
regis
, a king +
caedere
to kill. Cf.
Homicide
.]
1.
One who kills or who murders a king; specifically
(Eng. Hist.)
, one of the judges who condemned
Charles I.
to death.
2.
The killing or the murder of a king.

Webster 1828 Edition

Regicide

REG'ICIDE

,
Noun.
[L. rex, king, and caedo, to slay.]
1.
A king-killer; one who murders a king.
2.
The killing or murder of a king.

Definition 2024

régicide

régicide

See also: regicide

French

Noun

régicide m ‎(plural régicides)

  1. regicide (the killing of a king)

régicide m, f ‎(plural régicides)

  1. regicide (someone who kills a king)

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