Meaning of tsaricide | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The killing of a tsar.
   countable, uncountable
2. One who kills a tsar.
   countable

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Examples

“It had been those wishing to unleash a revolution “sooner,” so said the count⟳, who had come⟳ to advocate tsaricide.”

“It would be manifestly unjust, I think⟳, to extradite a Tsaricide upon the ground that he is not a political offender, and then allow⟳ his own⟳ government to try⟳ him by court-martial and hang⟳ him solely upon the ground that he is a political offender.”

“Thus, Boris Godunov suffered from a “miraculous” conflation of two incompitable myths: that he was a tsaricide, and that the real Dmitry still lived.”

“[U]pon execution of his crime, the tsaricide was to poison himself, leaving behind only an explanatory proclamation.”

“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” […]”

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