hospiticide

  1. Noun.  (rare) One who kills his guest or host.''Glossographia; or, a dictionary interpreting the hard words of whatsoever language, now used in our refined English tongue'' by Thomas Blount (1656).
  2. Noun.  (rare) The act of a guest killing his host or ''vice versa'', or an instance thereof.''A Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Ancient and Modern Law'' by Arthur English (1987; [http://www.wshein.com/Catalog/Product.aspx?sku=1321 Wm. S. Hein Publishing]; ISBN 0837721040), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TmcIvUAIlHsC&pg=PA423&dq=%22hospiticide%22&ei=r3mmSpbmI5TkMN-UvfcH#v=onepage&q=%22hospiticide%22&f=false page 423].

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