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regnicide

regnicide noun: one who destroys a kingdom.

Noun

regnicide (plural regnicides)

  1. (obsolete, rare) One who destroys a kingdom.
    • It appears then, regicides are no less than regnicides […] for the life of a king contains a thousand thousand lives; and traitors make the land sick which they live in.1629, Thomas Adams, England's Sickness (sermon)

Forms of regnicide

pluralregnicides

Questions about regnicide

What does regnicide mean?
Regnicide means one who destroys a kingdom.
What part of speech is regnicide?
Regnicide is a noun.
What is the plural of regnicide?
The plural of regnicide is regnicides.

Words near regnicide in the dictionary

  1. regnants
  2. regnative
  3. Regner
  4. Regners
  5. Regnery
  6. regnicide
  7. regnicides
  8. Regnier
  9. Regniers
  10. regnum
  11. regnums

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