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語源 1

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)

名詞

regicide (plural regicides)

1. The killing of a king.

   Hyponym: tyrannicide

   Coordinate term: reginacide

派生語

語源 2

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicida (“king-killer”).

名詞

regicide (plural regicides)

1. One who kills a king. [from 1540s]

   Synonyms: regicider, kingslayer

   Hyponym: tyrannicide

   Coordinate term: reginacide

   • 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)‎:

     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.

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “regicide”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.