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czaricide

czaricide is the alternative spelling of tsaricide.

Meaning of tsaricide

Noun

tsaricide (countable and uncountable, plural tsaricides)

  1. 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....
  2. (countable) 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

pluralczaricides

Origin of czaricide

From czar + -icide.

Questions about czaricide

What is czaricide the alternative spelling of?
Czaricide is the alternative spelling of tsaricide.

Words near czaricide in the dictionary

  1. czarevitches
  2. czarevna
  3. czarevnas
  4. czarian
  5. czaric
  6. czaricide
  7. czaricides
  8. czarina
  9. czarinas
  10. czarinian
  11. czarish

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