regicide

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrɛdʒɪsaɪd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈrɛdʒəˌsaɪd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rej′ə sīd′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
reg•i•cide /ˈrɛdʒəˌsaɪd/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. the killing of a king: [uncountable]the crime of regicide.[countable]historical regicides.
  2. World History[countable] a person who kills a king.
See -reg-, -cide-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
reg•i•cide  (rej′ə sīd′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the killing of a king.
  2. a person who kills a king or is responsible for his death, esp. one of the judges who condemned Charles I of England to death.
  • Latin rēg-, stem of rēx king + -i- + -cide
  • 1540–50
reg′i•cid′al, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
regicide /ˈrɛdʒɪˌsaɪd/ n
  1. the killing of a king
  2. a person who kills a king
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin rēx king + -cideˌregiˈcidal adj
'regicide' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
pride

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