English Explanatory Dictionary

Sicarius

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of Jews who attempted to expel the Romans from Judea using concealed daggers.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/ /sɪˈkɛɹi.əs/

Word forms

Sicarius Sicarii

Etymology

From Latin sīcārius (“daggerman, contract killer”).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary