Tsaricide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈ(t)sɑːɹɪsaɪd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tsaricide is a noun meaning The killing of a tsar.
Meaning
The killing of a tsar.
More Meanings
- (countable) One who kills a tsar.
Example Sentences
It had been those wishing to unleash a revolution “sooner,” so said the count, who had come to advocate tsaricide.
[U]pon execution of his crime, the tsaricide was to poison himself, leaving behind only an explanatory proclamation.
Thus, Boris Godunov suffered from a “miraculous” conflation of two incompitable myths: that he was a tsaricide, and that the real Dmitry still lived.
In fact, Katkov had begun singing this conspiracy theory tune immediately following Karakozov’s attempt, when it was rumored that the would-be tsaricide was a “foreigner” […]
Word Forms
- tsaricides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include principicide, tyrannicide, regicide, senicide, vaticide, viricide.
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