Frāt'ri-çīde, n.

n. [Fr. fratricide, Sp. fratricidio, fratricida, It. fratricidio, fratricidio, fratricida, fratricida, Lat. fratricidium, a brother's murder, fratricida, a brother's murderer, from frater, brother, and caedere, to cut down, kill.]

1. The crime of murdering a brother.
2. One who murders or kills a brother.