hundredman

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noun

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

“Coordinate term: (chiliarch) thousandman, thousandealdorman”

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OriginOld English hundredmann →
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Meanings

nounhundredman (plural hundredmen)

plural hundredmen

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

    “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.

    1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 31: Assurances”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 496
  2. A centurion.

    Coordinate term: (chiliarch) thousandman, thousandealdorman

Synonyms & antonyms

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bailiffcentenarycentgravehundredaryhundreder
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bailiffcentenarycentgravecenturionhundredaryhundreder

Origin

  1. Old Englishhundredmann
  2. Englishhundredman

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

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APA

hundredman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hundredman

MLA

“hundredman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hundredman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hundredman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hundredman.

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