[a. F. fratricide, ad. L. frātricīda, f. frāter brother + -cīdĕre: see -CIDE 1.] One who kills his (or her) brother.
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. |
a. 1685. Bp. Womock, in Southey, Comm.-Pl. Bk., Ser. II. (1849), 193. For his [Calvins] bitter speeches Bucer gave him the title of a fratricide.
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.
1821. Byron, Cain, III. i. Hence, fratricide! henceforth that word is Cain.