centenier
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French centenier, from Latin centēnārius (“containing 100”), q.v.
Noun
[edit]centenier (plural centeniers)
- (obsolete) Synonym of centurion: An officer overseeing 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 34, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- 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 […].
- (Jersey) Synonym of police officer.
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Noun
[edit]centenier m (plural centeniers)
Further reading
[edit]- “centenier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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