In extended use: any officer in command of a body of approximately 100 soldiers. Cf. centenier, n. 1b.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > of 100 (8) centuriona1382 In extended use: any officer in command of a body of approximately 100 soldiers. Cf. centenier, n. 1b. under-captain1442 A captain subordinate to another. centenaryc1453 An officer in command of approximately a hundred soldiers. Cf. centenier, n. 1b. Obsolete. centeniera1460 More generally: any officer in command of a body of approximately one hundred soldiers; the leader of a unit or body of militia. Cf. centurion, n.… petty captainc1475 An officer ranking next below a captain; a lieutenant. Also (with reference to other military cultures): an officer of comparable minor rank or… hundredera1557 A centurion. Obsolete. Subcategories:— specific (2) |
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