Definition of "hospiticide"

hospiticide

/hɒˈspɪtɪsaɪd/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural hospiticides
1. (rare) One who kills his guest or host.
  Quotations
  Armed with the weapon which was destined to destroy himself, Imnaz sprang down the ladder, — found the door, and, emerging from the abode of crime, sought a more secure resting place, leaving his hostess to discover, with return of day, in whose blood were imbrued the hands of an hospiticide.
  1837, Edward Smallwood, Manuella, the Executioner’s Daughter ; A Story of Madrid, volume II, pages 275–276
2. (rare) The act of a guest killing his host or vice versa, or an instance thereof.
  Quotations
  Anniversary of the Massacre of the Prado — the Defeat of Quesada — Murderous Reprisals — Hospiticides.
  1837, Edward Smallwood, Manuella, the Executioner’s Daughter ; A Story of Madrid‎, volume II, page 261