regicide

• Nom désignant l'acte de tuer un roi, ou la personne qui commet cet acte.

A noun referring to the act of killing a king, or a person who commits such an act.

1. The act of killing a kingC2formal

   The deliberate act of murdering a monarch, especially a king.

   régicide (acte de tuer un roi)

   • The assassination of Charles I was an act of regicide that shocked Europe.
   • Regicide was considered the most heinous crime against the state.
   • The history books detail the regicide that ended the dynasty.

   Antonymescoronationenthronement

2. A person who kills a kingC2formal

   An individual who commits the murder of a king or monarch.

   régicide (personne)

   • The regicide was captured and executed for his crime.
   • Oliver Cromwell was posthumously tried as a regicide.
   • The court sentenced the regicide to death by hanging.