Webster's English Dictionaryhomicide n. [F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf. Concise, Shed, v. t.]1. The killing of one human being by another. () () 2. One who kills another; a manslayer. (Chaucer. Shak.)