regicide
pronunciation
How to pronounce regicide in British English:
UK [ˈredʒɪsaɪd]
How to pronounce regicide in American English:
US [ˈrɛdʒɪˌsaɪd]
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- Noun:
- someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
- the act of killing a king
Word Origin
- regicide (n.)
- 1540s, "man who kills a king," formed from Latin rex (genitive regis) "king" (see regal) on model of suicide. Meaning "crime of killing a king" is from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. Someone who commits regicide ; the killer of a king .
- 2. Those forecasting regicide think sdn will revolutionise today 's networks , which rely heavily on expensive , proprietary combinations of routers , network switches and software made by cisco , juniper networks and other firms .