[a. F. fratricide, ad. L. frātricīda, f. frāter brother + -cīdĕre: see -CIDE 1.] One who kills his (or her) brother.

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c. 1450.  Mirour Saluacioun, 3955.

        Be this ilk Absolon his awen brothere sleere
Shalle we vnderstand als here ilk voluntary synnere
ffor he a ffratricide is calde.

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a. 1685.  Bp. Womock, in Southey, Comm.-Pl. Bk., Ser. II. (1849), 193. For his [Calvin’s] bitter speeches Bucer gave him the title of a fratricide.

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1779.  Franklin, Wks. (1889), VI. 289. If you will enable the king to reward those fratricides, you will establish a precedent that may justify a future tyrant in making like promises.

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1821.  Byron, Cain, III. i. Hence, fratricide! henceforth that word is Cain.

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