English Explanatory Dictionary

centgrave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The overseer of a hundred (zent) in medieval France and Germany.
  2. Synonym of hundredman: the overseer of a hundred in medieval England.

Word forms

centgrave centgraves

Etymology

From German Zentgraf, from Latin cent- (“100”) + German -graf (“-grave”).

Synonyms

centenary hundredman
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