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regicide

reg·i·cide

regicide

 
 
pronunciation:
re j saId
features:
Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the murder of a king.
Many around the young king feared that the nobles were plotting regicide.
definition 2: the murderer of a king.
Like his father, Hamlet is a regicide.
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derivation: regicidal (adj.)
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