hundredman
nounEtymology From Old English hundredmann, equivalent to hundred + -man.
1
Historical A person overseeing one hundred others; (especially) a man overseeing a hundred-strong army.
- “By your command, Lord Bornhald.” The hundredman sounded only a little disappointed. Touching gauntleted fist to heart, he wheeled away toward the Tuatha’an encampment.1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 31: Assurances”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 496:
2
A centurion.
- Coordinate term: (chiliarch) thousandman, thousandealdorman
- Synonyms
- bailiff, hundreder, hundredary, centenary, centgrave