Etymology

hundredman

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Today it means: A person overseeing one hundred others; (especially) a man overseeing a hundred-strong army. Full definition →

Old English hundredmann
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  1. Old English · derived fromhundredmann
  2. English todayhundredman

Revived from Old English hundredmann. By surface analysis, hundred + -man.

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