Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Infanticide

Infanticide , noun

[Latin infanticidium child murder; infans, -antis, child + caedere to kill: compare French 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.

Infanticide , noun

[Latin infanticida: compare French infanticide.]

One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.