English Explanatory Dictionary

hundredman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person overseeing one hundred others; (especially) a man overseeing a hundred-strong army.
A centurion.

Word forms

hundredman hundredmen

Etymology

From Old English hundredmann, equivalent to hundred + -man.

Synonyms

bailiff hundreder hundredary centenary centgrave

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