hundredman

noun

1. A person overseeing one hundred others; (especially) a man overseeing a hundred-strong army.

   historical

   “By your command, Lord Bornhald.” The hundredman sounded only a little disappointed. Touching gauntleted fist to heart, he wheeled away toward the Tuatha’an encampment.

2. A centurion.

   Coordinate term: (chiliarch) thousandman, thousandealdorman

Where it comes from

From Old English hundredmann, equivalent to hundred + -man.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry hundredman (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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