Meaning of FRATRICIDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'fratri`sId
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- [n] the act of murdering your own brother or sister
- [n] a person who murders their brother or sister
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| | See Also: | | execution, homicide, liquidator, manslayer, murder, murderer, slaying | |
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| | Definition: | | \Frat"ri*cide\, n. [L. fratricidium a brother's
murder, fr. fratricida a brother's murderer; frater, fratris,
brother + caedere to kill: cf. F. fratricide.]
1. The act of one who murders or kills his own brother.
2. [L. fratricida: cf. F. fratricide.] One who murders or
kills his own brother.
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| | Related Terms: | | aborticide, fungicide, genocide, germicide, herbicide, homicide, infanticide, insecticide, matricide, microbicide, parricide, patricide, pesticide, regicide, rodenticide, sororicide, suicide, uxoricide, vermicide |
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