Tsaricide

//ˈ(t)sɑːɹɪsaɪd// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The killing of a tsar. countable, uncountable

    "It had been those wishing to unleash a revolution “sooner,” so said the count, who had come to advocate tsaricide."

  2. 2
    One who kills a tsar. countable

    "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."

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"It had been those wishing to unleash a revolution “sooner,” so said the count, who had come to advocate tsaricide."

Etymology

From tsar + -icide.

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