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REGICIDE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)

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