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Webster 1913 Edition
Tyrannicide
Ty-ran′ni-ciˊde
,Noun.
[L.
tyrannicidium
the killing of a tyrant, tyrannicida
the killer of a tyrant; tyrannus
a tyrant + caedere
to kill: cf. F. tyrannicide
.] 1.
The act of killing a tyrant.
Hume.
2.
One who kills a tyrant.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tyrannicide
TYRAN'NICIDE
,Noun.
1.
The act of killing a tyrant.2.
One who kills a tyrant.Definition 2024
tyrannicide
tyrannicide
English
Noun
tyrannicide (plural tyrannicides)
- The killing of a tyrant.
- Someone who kills a tyrant.
- 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 51:
- Princip had even found time to learn by heart the entirety of The Mountain Wreath, Petrović-Njegos's stirring epic celebration of the selfless tyrannicide Miloš Obilić.
- 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 51:
Translations
killing of a tyrant
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