Regicide - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Regicide :  (noun)
1: someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
2: the act of killing a king

Based on WordNet 2.0

Regicide : \Reg"i*cide\ (r?j"?*s?d), n. [F. r['e]gicide; 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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

REGICIDE. The killing of a king, and, by extension, of a queen. Theorie des Lois Criminelles, vol. 1, p. 300.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Regicide

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drpriapism: @cwrees Regicide for the good of the people vs. service to country.
PBGeezy: SO #LIU WAS IN THE RADIOSTATION YESTERDAY, WE FUCKIN KILLT THAT SHIT! . IT'S PBGEEZY AKA YUNG #Regicide. HOLLA AT ME
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