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Meaning of TYRANNICIDE

Pronunciation:  ti'rani`sId

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 Definition: [n]  killing a tyrant
 
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 See Also: execution, homicide, murder, slaying

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ty*ran"ni*ci`de\, n. [L. tyrannicidium the killing
of a tyrant, tyrannicida the killer of a tyrant; tyrannus a
tyrant + caedere to kill: cf. F. tyrannicide.]
1. The act of killing a tyrant. --Hume.
2. One who kills a tyrant.
 

 

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