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regicide

Person who kills a monarch. In British history, there were the forty-nine signatories on the instrument of execution for Charles I of England in 1649, together with the two executioners (who were anonymous). After the Restoration in 1660, 29 of these men were put on trial and ten were sentenced to death.



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For instance, you make no mention of the good knight Sir Richard Saltonstall, nor of the famous Hugh Peters, nor of those old regicide judges, Whalley, Goffe, and Dixwell.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
If he lays his hand on the boat's edge I will cut it off, regicide that he is.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
" muttered Sir William Howe to a gentleman beside him; "a procession of the regicide judges of King Charles the martyr?
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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