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magistricides

magistricides is the plural of magistricide.

Meaning of magistricide

Noun

magistricide (plural magistricides)

  1. (rare) The killing of one's master or teacher.
    • I believe this approach is especially appropriate for many of our students in Hong Kong and, perhaps, in Taiwan as well, to offset their subservient attitude to the authority of their teachers or the printed word of commentators. In fact, I find myself recommending that students consider...1991, Tamkang Review, volumes 22-23, page 128
  2. (rare) A person who kills their master or teacher.
    • "4. In another room below I saw the statue of Seneca bleeding to death. It is of a black stone like jet; than which nothing can be blacker but the crimes of Nero the magistricide, who put this rare man his master to death. […]1831, Thomas Roscoe, The Tourist in Italy, Robert Jennings and William Chaplin, page 219

Questions about magistricides

What is magistricides the plural of?
Magistricides is the plural of magistricide.

Words near magistricides in the dictionary

  1. magistratically
  2. magistrative
  3. magistrature
  4. magistratures
  5. magistricide
  6. magistricides
  7. magitech
  8. magitek
  9. magitian
  10. magitians
  11. Magkakaibigan

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