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centurion
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See also: centurión
English
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
centurion (plural centurions)
- (historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
- 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5:
- “Man,” said the largest, most protective of the Praetorian guard, her lover, no doubt, and her peroxide-blond centurion, “for an apostle of peace you sure are filled up with war.”
- (cricket) A player who scores a century.
- (US) A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed 100 night landings on an aircraft carrier.
Synonyms
- (an officer commanding 100 or so men): centenier, centenary (obsolete), hundreder, hundredman
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Translations
commander of a century of soldiers
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cricket: player who scores a century
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centuriōnem. By surface analysis, centurie + -on.
Pronunciation
Noun
centurion m (plural centurions)
- (Ancient Rome, military) centurion (Roman officer)
Related terms
Further reading
- “centurion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
centurion m pers
Declension
Declension of centurion
Related terms
adjective
- centurialny
noun
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
centurion m (plural centurioni)
Declension
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin centuriōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
centurìōn m anim (Cyrillic spelling центурѝо̄н)
- centurion (Roman officer)
Declension
References
- “centurion”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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