regicide

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
  2. noun the act of killing a king

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)

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