matricide

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noun

Plural noun:

matricides

1.
(countable, uncountable)The killing of one's mother.
Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A person who kills his or her mother.
Nancy was a matricide; it happened four years ago.

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From French matricide, from Latin mātricīda (person who kills his own mother) and mātricīdium (the murder of one's mother). matri-.