czaricide
czaricide is the alternative spelling of tsaricide.
Meaning of tsaricide
Noun
tsaricide (countable and uncountable, plural tsaricides)
- The killing of a tsar.
- It had been those wishing to unleash a revolution “sooner,” so said the count, who had come to advocate tsaricide.2009, Claudia Verhoeven, “From the Files of the Karakozov Case: The Virtual Birth of Terrorism”, in The Odd Man Karakozov: Imperial Russia, Modernity, and the Birth of Terrorism, Ithaca, N.Y....
- One who kills a tsar.
- It would be manifestly unjust, I think, to extradite a Tsaricide upon the ground that he is not a political offender, and then allow his own government to try him by court-martial and hang him solely upon the ground that he is a political offender.1893 May, George Kennan, “The Russian Extradition Treaty”, in The Forum, volume XV, New York, N.Y.: Forum Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 294
Forms of czaricide
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Origin of czaricide
From czar + -icide.
Questions about czaricide
- What is czaricide the alternative spelling of?
- Czaricide is the alternative spelling of tsaricide.
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