English Explanatory Dictionary

father-slayer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One who kills or murders one's father; a patricide

Word forms

father-slayer father-slayers fatherslayer father slayer

Etymology

From Middle English fadyr slaer, fadur sleer, equivalent to father + slayer.

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