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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of hundredman: An administrator overseeing a hundred. historical

   "Henry the ſixth was in this Edmunds house (Hundreder of S. Albans) during the time of the first battell"

2. 2
   An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred, hence (law) a person eligible for jury duty within a hundred. historical

Synonyms

All synonyms

centurionhundredman

Example

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"Henry the ſixth was in this Edmunds house (Hundreder of S. Albans) during the time of the first battell"

Etymology

From Middle English hunderdere (whence also Medieval Latin hundredārius), equivalent to hundred + -er.

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