Perdricide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Perdricide is a noun meaning (obsolete) Someone who kills partridges.
Meaning
(obsolete) Someone who kills partridges.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) The killing of partridges.
Example Sentences
Ashes form the most valuable description of dust[…]for the right to remove them, dust-contractors pay considerable sums to the parishes[…]The abstracting of ashes is viewed by a dust-contractor as perdricide by a rural squire, and, to say the least of it, with quite as much reason.
Word Forms
- perdricides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pernicion, regnicide, impoisoner, perdue, peccant, deperdits.
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