tyrannicide

English

Etymology

From French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīda. Equivalent to +‎ -cide.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /taɪˈɹænɪsaɪd/

Noun

tyrannicide (countable and uncountable, plural tyrannicides)

The killing of a tyrant.
Someone who kills a tyrant.
- 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 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

killing of a tyrant

French: tyrannicide (fr) m
German: Tyrannenmord (de) m

Latin: tyrannicidium n

French

Noun

tyrannicide m (plural tyrannicides)

tyrannicide
a person who performs tyrannicide

Further reading

“tyrannicide” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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