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reg⋅i⋅cide

  [rej-uh-sahyd]
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–noun
1. the killing of a king.
2. a person who kills a king or is responsible for his death, esp. one of the judges who condemned Charles I of England to death.
Origin:
1540–50; < L rēg-, s. of rēx king + -i- + -cide

Related forms:
reg⋅i⋅cid⋅al, adjective
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reg·i·cide   (rěj'ĭ-sīd')   
n.  

  1. The killing of a king.

  2. One who kills a king.


[Latin rēx, rēg-, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots + -cide.]
reg'i·cid'al (-sīd'l) adj.
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Word Origin & History

regicide 
1548, formed from L. rex (gen. regis) "king" on model of suicide (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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