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Uxoricide

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The killing of a wife by her husband.

n. A man who kills his wife.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. One who murders his or her wife.

n. The murdering of one's own wife.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The murder of a wife by her husband.

n. One who murders his wife.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who slays his wife.

n. The killing of a wife by her husband.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the murder of a wife by her husband

n. a husband who murders his wife

Word Usage

"This haste was rather forced on the story because the centrepiece of the episode was to be the trial of Bates the valet, on charges of uxoricide, and, though the series has not always been a stickler for historical accuracy, most viewers would have known that the courts knock off over the holidays."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

murder execution slaying married man hubby

Cross Reference

homicide sororicide uxorious parricide infanticide

Form

uxoricidal