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tyrannicide en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /taɪˈɹænɪsaɪd/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French tyrannicide, from Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīda. Equivalent to tyrant + -cide.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The killing of a tyrant.
Forms
Deriveds
tyrannicidal
Hypernyms
assassination · regicide
Translations (4)
de Tyrannenmord (killing of a tyrant) · es tiranicidio (killing of a tyrant) · fr tyrannicide (killing of a tyrant) · la tyrannicidium (killing of a tyrant)
tyrannicide en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /taɪˈɹænɪsaɪd/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French tyrannicide, from Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīdium. Equivalent to tyrant + -cide.
Meanings
-
Someone who kills a tyrant.
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.
2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 51:
Forms
Hypernyms
assassin · regicide
Translations (1)
fr tyrannicide (someone who kills a tyrant)