"magistricide" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-magistricide.wav [UK] Forms: magistricides [plural]
Etymology: From Latin magister + -cide. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|magister}} Latin magister, {{suffix|en||cide|nocat=1}} + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun}} magistricide (plural magistricides)
  1. (rare) The killing of one's master or teacher. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-magistricide-en-noun-qbOAW~0n
  2. (rare) A person who kills their master or teacher. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-magistricide-en-noun-L6~xFDWy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cide (killer), English terms suffixed with -cide (killing), English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killer): 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killing): 28 72 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 95

Inflected forms

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