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English Dictionary: infanticide by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
infanticide
n
  1. a person who murders an infant
  2. murdering an infant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Infanticide \In*fan"ti*cide\, n. [L. infanticidium child murder;
      infans, -antis, child + caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide.
      See {Infant}, and {Homicide}.]
      The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of
      a newly born or young child; child murder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Infanticide \In*fan"ti*cide\, n. [L. infanticida: cf. F.
      infanticide.]
      One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an
      infant.
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