tyrannicide

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /taɪˈɹænɪsaɪd/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Etymology 1

From French tyrannicide, from Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīda.[1] Equivalent to tyrant +‎ -cide.

Noun

tyrannicide (countable and uncountable, plural tyrannicides)

  1. The killing of a tyrant.
    Hypernyms: assassination, regicide
Translations

Etymology 2

From French tyrannicide, from Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīdium.[2] Equivalent to tyrant +‎ -cide.

Noun

tyrannicide (plural tyrannicides)

  1. Someone who kills a tyrant.
    Hypernyms: assassin, regicide
    • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 51:
      Princip had even found time to learn by heart the entirety of The Mountain Wreath, Petrović-Njegos's stirring epic celebration of the selfless tyrannicide Miloš Obilić.
Translations

References

  1. ^ “tyrannicide, n.2”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “tyrannicide, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.ʁa.ni.sid/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīdium. By surface analysis, tyran +‎ -i- +‎ -cide.

Noun

tyrannicide m (plural tyrannicides)

  1. tyrannicide (the killing of a tyrant)

Etymology 2

From Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīda. By surface analysis, tyran +‎ -i- +‎ -cide.

Noun

tyrannicide m or f by sense (plural tyrannicides)

  1. tyrannicide (someone who kills a tyrant)

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