English Explanatory Dictionary

centurion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
A player who scores a century.
A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an aircraft carrier.

Pronunciation

/sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/ /sɛnˈtʃʊəɹ.i.ən/ /-ɔːɹ.i.ən/ /sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/ /sɛnˈtʊɹ.i.ən/ /-ɚ.i.ən/ en-au-centurion.ogg

Word forms

centurion centurions

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”).

Synonyms

Related words

century

Derived words

centurion's staff centurion syndrome

Translations

Aghwan: 𐕇𐕒𐕍𐕈𐔰𐕙𐔰𐔺𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼 Albanian: centurion Albanian: kryeqindës Arabic: سينتوريون Armenian: ցենտուրիոն Armenian: հարյուրապետ Old Armenian: հարիւրապետ Basque: ehuntari Catalan: centurió Chinese Mandarin: 百夫長 /百夫长 Czech: centurio Czech: setník Dutch: honderdman Dutch: centurio Dutch: centurion Esperanto: centestro Finnish: sadanpäämies Finnish: kenturio French: centurion German: Centurio German: Zenturio Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍃 Greek: εκατόνταρχος Greek: κεντυρίων Ancient Greek: ἑκατοντάρχης Ancient Greek: κεντυρίων Ancient Greek: ἑκατόνταρχος Hebrew: שַׂר מֵאָה Ido: centuriono Irish: ceantúir Old Irish: centúir Italian: centurione Japanese: 百人隊長 Kazakh: жүзбасы Latin: centuriō Māori: keneturio Old English: hundredmann Persian: صدبد Persian: سروان Old Persian: θatapati- Polish: centurion Portuguese: centurião Romanian: centurion Romanian: sutaș Russian: центурио́н Serbo-Croatian: centurìōn Spanish: centurión Swedish: centurion Tagalog: senturyon Tamil: நூற்றுக்கதிபதி Ukrainian: центуріо́н

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