hundreder en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English hunderdere (whence also Medieval Latin hundredārius), equivalent to hundred + -er.
Meanings
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(historical) Synonym of hundredman: An administrator overseeing a hundred.
Henry the ſixth was in this Edmunds house (Hundreder of S. Albans) during the time of the first battell
1631, John Weever, Ancient Funerall Monuments within the Vnited Monarchie of Great Britaine:
- (historical) An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred, hence (law) a person eligible for jury duty within a hundred.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hundreders | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hundredor | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |