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homicide definition

homi·cide (häm′ə sīd′, hō′mə-)

noun

  1. Etymology: ME < OFr < LL homicidium, manslaughter, murder < L homicida, murderer < homo, a man (see homo) + caedere, to cut, kill: see -cide

    any killing of one human being by another

  2. Etymology: ME < OFr < L homicida

    a person who kills another

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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