centurion

Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/

The English word “centurion” has 3 meanings listed here.

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.

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”).

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More English words

centuriator
centuried
centuries-long
centuries-old
centurion syndrome
centurion's staff
centurist
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