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pentecoster

pentecoster noun: an officer who commands fifty men, particularly (historical) in the Spartan army.

Noun

pentecoster (plural pentecosters)

  1. An officer who commands fifty men, particularly (historical) in the Spartan army.
    • ...they would have the command of the pentecoster, penteconter, or pentecoptater (for thus variously the title is written)...1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece

Synonyms of pentecoster

Forms of pentecoster

pluralpentecosters

Origin of pentecoster

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστήρ (pentēkostḗr), from πεντηκοστύς (pentēkostús, “pentekostys”), from πεντηκοστός (pentēkostós, “fiftieth”).

Questions about pentecoster

What does pentecoster mean?
Pentecoster means an officer who commands fifty men, particularly (historical) in the Spartan army.
What part of speech is pentecoster?
Pentecoster is a noun.
What is the plural of pentecoster?
The plural of pentecoster is pentecosters.

Words near pentecoster in the dictionary

  1. pentecostalists
  2. Pentecostally
  3. Pentecostals
  4. Pentecostaria
  5. Pentecostarion
  6. pentecoster
  7. pentecosters
  8. pentecosties
  9. Pentecosts
  10. pentecosty
  11. pentecostys

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