hundredman

English

Etymology

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

Noun

hundredman (plural hundredmen)

1. (historical) A person overseeing a hundred.
   • 1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 31: Assurances”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 496:

     “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.

Synonyms

• bailiff, hundreder, hundredary, centenary, centgrave