Tyrannicide
Pronunciation
- US IPA: /taı'ɹænısaıd/
Origin
From French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīda.
Full definition of tyrannicide
Noun
tyrannicide
(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.