Noun: regicide 're-ji,sId
- The act of killing a king
"The regicide marked the beginning of the revolution"; "Historical plays often dramatize famous acts of regicide"
- Someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
"The regicide was tried for treason after assassinating the monarch"
Derived forms: regicides
Type of: execution, killer, murder, slayer, slaying
Encyclopedia: Regicide, Francis Allen