Centurion
//sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers. historical
"“Man,” said the largest, most protective of the Praetorian guard, her lover, no doubt, and her peroxide-blond centurion, “for an apostle of peace you sure are filled up with war.”"
- 2 (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers wordnet
- 3 A player who scores a century.
- 4 A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an aircraft carrier. US
Example
More examples"The centurion summoned his auxiliary troops."
Etymology
From Middle English centurioun, from Latin centuriō, centuriōnis (“a commander of a hundred, centurion”), from Latin centum (“a hundred”). Displaced native English hundreder and hundredman, from Middle English hundredman, from Old English hundredmann (“centurion”).
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