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regicides

regicides is the plural of regicide.

Meaning of regicide

Noun (1)

regicide (plural regicides)

  1. The killing of a king.

Noun (2)

regicide (plural regicides)

  1. One who kills a king.
    • The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one...2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)

Questions about regicides

What is regicides the plural of?
Regicides is the plural of regicide.

Words near regicides in the dictionary

  1. regicidal
  2. regicidally
  3. regicide
  4. regicider
  5. regiciders
  6. regicides
  7. regicidism
  8. regidor
  9. regidores
  10. regidors
  11. regie

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