hundreder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of hundredman: An administrator overseeing a hundred.
  2. An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred, hence (law) a person eligible for jury duty within a hundred.

Word forms

hundreder hundreders hundredor

Etymology

From Middle English hunderdere (whence also Medieval Latin hundredārius), equivalent to hundred + -er.

Synonyms

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