centurion

Meaning

1. (historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
2. A player who scores a century.
3. (US) A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an aircraft carrier.

Translations

centurion

centurión

centurione

centurião

Zenturio

εκατόνταρχος

centurio

centurió

Centurio

centurio

honderdman

yüz kişilik bölük komutanı

كينتوريون

centuriō

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/

Etymology

From Middle English centurioun, from Latin centuriō, centuriōnis (“a commander of a hundred, centurion”), from Latin centum (“a hundred”). Displaced native English hundreder and hundredman, from Middle English hundredman, from Old English hundredmann (“centurion”).

Sentences

Your son went to serve at a distant place , and became a centurion .