REGICIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does regicide mean? 

• REGICIDE (noun)
  The noun REGICIDE has 2 senses:

1. someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king

2. the act of killing a king

  Familiarity information: REGICIDE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REGICIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("regicide" is a kind of...):

killer; slayer (someone who causes the death of a person or animal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of killing a king

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("regicide" is a kind of...):

execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)