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regicide

re·gi·cide

UK/ˈɹɛ.d͡ʒə.saɪd/ uncommon

noun

1.

someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king

2.

the act of killing a king

Origin

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

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