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centurion

noun
/sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/UK/sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/US

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”).

  1. derived from centum — “a hundred”
  2. derived from centuriō — “a commander of a hundred, centurion”
  3. inherited from centurioun

Definitions

  1. An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.

    • “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. A player who scores a century.

  3. A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an…

    A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an aircraft carrier.

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Derived

centurion's staff, centurion syndrome

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for centurion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA