regnicide

English

Noun

regnicide (plural regnicides)

1. (obsolete, rare) One who destroys a kingdom.
   • 1629, Thomas Adams, England's Sickness (sermon)

     It appears then, regicides are no less than regnicides […] for the life of a king contains a thousand thousand lives; and traitors make the land sick which they live in.

Related terms

• regicide