czaricide

English

Etymology

From czar +‎ -icide.

Pronunciation

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Noun

czaricide (countable and uncountable, plural czaricides)

  1. Alternative spelling of tsaricide.
    • 2006 December 31, Steve Dougherty, “Holiday on Ice in St. Petersburg, With a Shot of Vodka on the Side”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 December 2025:
      A few blocks east is the Mikhailovsky Palace, site of another act of czaricide, this in 1801, when Paul I, a son of Catherine the Great, was murdered in his bedroom.
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