tyrannicide

ty·ran·ni·cide

noun \tə-ˈra-nə-ˌsīd, tī-\

Definition of TYRANNICIDE

1

: the act of killing a tyrant

2

: the killer of a tyrant

Origin of TYRANNICIDE

in sense 1, from French, from Latin tyrannicidium, from tyrannus + -i- + -cidium -cide (killing); in sense 2, from French, from Latin tyrannicida, from tyrannus + -i- + -cida -cide (killer)

First Known Use: 1650

Rhymes with TYRANNICIDE

by the wayside, dissatisfied, fit to be tied, formaldehyde, infanticide, initial side, insecticide, interallied, preoccupied, rodenticide, self-satisfied, terminal side, thalidomide, Trinitytide, uxoricide