Meanings
regicide1
regicide2
plural regicides
- One who kills a king.First known use 1540s
1 more example
The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.
2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)Synonyms: regicider, kingslayer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who kills a king.
Origin
regicide · noun
- Medieval Latinrēgicidium“king-killing”
- Englishregicide
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)
More words from Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →regicide · noun
- Medieval Latinrēgicida“king-killer”
- Englishregicide
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicida (“king-killer”).
More words from Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian цареубийство, цареубиец
- цареубийство (careubijstvo)the killing of a king
- цареубиец (careubiec)one who kills a king
Catalan regicidi, regicida
- regicidithe killing of a king
- regicidaone who kills a king
Chinese Mandarin 弒君 /弑君, 弒君者 /弑君者
- 弒君 /弑君 (shìjūn)the killing of a king
- 弒君者 /弑君者 (shìjūnzhě)one who kills a king
Czech královražda, královrah
- královraždathe killing of a king
- královrahone who kills a king
Danish kongemord, kongemorder
- kongemordthe killing of a king
- kongemorderone who kills a king
Dutch vorstenmoord, koningsmoord
- vorstenmoordthe killing of a king
- koningsmoordthe killing of a king
- regicidethe killing of a king
- vorstenmoordenaarone who kills a king
- koningsmoordenaarone who kills a king
Esperanto reĝmortiginto, reĝmurdinto
- reĝmortigintoone who kills a king
- reĝmurdintoone who kills a king
Finnish kuninkaanmurha, kuninkaansurmaaja
- kuninkaanmurhathe killing of a king
- kuninkaansurmaajaone who kills a king
French régicide, régicide
- régicidethe killing of a king
- régicideone who kills a king
German Königsmord, Fürstenmord
- Königsmordthe killing of a king
- Fürstenmordthe killing of a king
- Königsmörderone who kills a king
- Fürstenmörderone who kills a king
Greek βασιλοκτονία, βασιλοκτόνος
- βασιλοκτονία (vasiloktonía)the killing of a king
- βασιλοκτόνος (vasiloktónos)one who kills a king
Hungarian királygyilkosság, királygyilkos
- királygyilkosságthe killing of a king
- királygyilkosone who kills a king
Irish rímharfóir
- rímharfóirone who kills a king
Italian regicidio, regicida
- regicidiothe killing of a king
- regicidaone who kills a king
Japanese 王殺し, 弑逆
- 王殺し (ōkoroshi)the killing of a king
- 弑逆 (shīgyaku)the killing of a king
Korean 시역
- 시역 (siyeok)the killing of a king
Polish królobójstwo, królobójca
- królobójstwothe killing of a king
- królobójcaone who kills a king
- królobójczynione who kills a king
Portuguese regicídio, regicida
- regicídiothe killing of a king
- regicidaone who kills a king
Romanian regicid
- regicidthe killing of a king
Russian цареуби́йство, цареуби́йца
- цареуби́йство (careubíjstvo)the killing of a king
- цареуби́йца (careubíjca)one who kills a king
Slovak kráľovražda, kráľovrah
- kráľovraždathe killing of a king
- kráľovrahone who kills a king
Spanish regicidio, regicida
- regicidiothe killing of a king
- regicidaone who kills a king
Swedish kungamord, kungamördare
- kungamordthe killing of a king
- kungamördareone who kills a king
Urdu بادشاہ کا قتل, بادشاہ کا قاتل
- بادشاہ کا قتلthe killing of a king
- بادشاہ کا قاتلone who kills a king
Cite this entry
regicide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regicide
“regicide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regicide. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regicide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regicide.
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