1. fratricide(n = noun.person) - a person who murders their brother or sister;
is a kind of liquidator, manslayer, murderer
2. fratricide(n = noun.act) friendly fire - fire that injures or kills an ally;
is a kind of fire, firing
3. fratricide(n = noun.act) - the murder of your sibling;
is a kind of execution, murder, slaying
1. The act of one who murders or kills his own brother. [1913 Webster]
2. One who murders or kills his own brother. [1913 Webster]
fratricide, n.
1 the killing of one's brother or sister.
2 a person who does this.
Derivative:
fratricidal adj.
Etymology:
F fratricide or LL fratricidium, L fratricida, f. frater fratris brother
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