centenier en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English centener, centiner, centyner, from Middle French centenier, from Latin centēnārius (“containing 100”), q.v.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Synonym of centurion: An officer overseeing 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.
In the beginning of his civill warres, his Centeniers offered him every one, at their own charges to pay and find him a man at Armes[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 34, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- (Jersey) Synonym of police officer.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| centeniers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |