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tyrannicide

/ti.ʁa.ni.sid/

noun, masculine/ti.ʁa.ni.sid/plural: tyrannicides

tyrannicide (the killing of a tyrant)

From Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīdium. By surface analysis, tyran + -i- + -cide.

noun, masculine/feminine/ti.ʁa.ni.sid/plural: tyrannicides

tyrannicide (someone who kills a tyrant)

From Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīda. By surface analysis, tyran + -i- + -cide.