centenier
nounEtymology From Middle English centener, centiner, centyner, from Middle French centenier, from Latin centēnārius (“containing 100”), q.v.
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Obsolete Synonym of centurion: An officer overseeing 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.
- In the beginning of his civill warres, his Centeniers offered him every one, at their own charges to pay and find him a man at Armes[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 34, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
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Jersey Synonym of police officer.
- Related terms
- vingtenier