centurion
UK/sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/US/sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/
centurion noun: an officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
Noun
centurion (plural centurions)
- An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
- “Man,” said the largest, most protective of the Praetorian guard, her lover, no doubt, and her peroxide-blond centurion, “for an apostle of peace you sure are filled up with war.”2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5
- A player who scores a century.
- A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an aircraft carrier.
- Synonyms:
- centenier, centenary, hundreder, hundredman
centurion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
centurion in Hindi
- सेंचुरियन, शतकधारी, शतक लगाने वाला
centurion in Tamil
- commander of a century of soldiers
- நூற்றுக்கதிபதி nūṟṟukkatipati
centurion in Urdu
- سینچریئن, سینچورین, سینچوریئن
centurion in Bengali
- cricket: player who scores a century
- শতকধারী śotokdhari
More languagesFewer languages
- centurion in Telugu
- సెంచూరియన్, సెంచురియన్
- centurion in Malayalam
- സെഞ്ചുറിയൻ, സെഞ്ച്വറിയൻ
- centurion in Kannada
- ಸೆಂಚೂರಿಯನ್, ಸೆಂಚುರಿಯನ್
- centurion in Punjabi
- ਸੈਂਚੁਰੀਅਨ, ਸੈਂਚੁਰਿਯਨ, ਸੈਂਚਰਿਅਨ
- centurion in Gujarati
- સેન્ચ્યુરિયન, સેન્ચુરિયન, સેન્ચ્યુરીયન
- centurion in Odia
- ଶତକଧାରୀ, ଶତକ ହାସଲକାରୀ
- centurion in Nepali
- सेन्च्युरियन, सेन्चुरियन, सेन्च्यूरियन
- centurion in Tagalog
- senturyon
- centurion in Arabic
- سينتوريون
- centurion in Persian
- صدبد sadbod, سروان sarvân
Synonyms of centurion
Forms of centurion
| plural | centurions |
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Origin of centurion
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”).
Words formed from centurion
Questions about centurion
- What does centurion mean?
- Centurion means an officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
- What is centurion in Hindi?
- Centurion in Hindi is सेंचुरियन, शतकधारी, शतक लगाने वाला. See Centurion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is centurion?
- Centurion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce centurion?
- Centurion is pronounced /sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of centurion?
- The plural of centurion is centurions.
Words near centurion in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: centurion (page history and authors); centurion (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); centurion (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); centurion (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); centurion (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); centurion (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); centurion (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); centurion (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); centurion (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); centurion (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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