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father-slayer

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from fadyr slaer

Definitions

  1. One who kills or murders one's father

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

    • Christy Mahon was the factor which destroyed the equilibrium of the lives of the Flaugherty's and Villagers, because he was an alleged fatherslayer.
    • In these aspects the relationship seems almost to follow an archetype of the relations between immigrant Jewish fathers and their talented sons in modern times. All such sons have been, in a sense, father-slayers.
    • His eyes moved to Calandryll, once more asking an unspoken question. Bracht grinned conspiratorially, answering: “In a while ... He will post Calandryll outlaw, claiming him a father-slayer.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA