Principicide

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The killing of a prince. countable, rare, uncountable

    "The Roumanians hold the world record for principicide, or the assassination of princes, with Serbia—whose record in this regard is not to be despised, either—a bad second."

  2. 2
    One who kills a prince. countable, rare

    "The law has been vindicated, and the outraged feelings of the people of these colonies have been avenged by the execution this morning of the wretched man—the would-be principicide [Henry O’Farrell]."

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"The Roumanians hold the world record for principicide, or the assassination of princes, with Serbia—whose record in this regard is not to be despised, either—a bad second."

Etymology

From Latin prī̆nceps, prī̆ncipis + -cide.

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