hundredman

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hundredman

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

noun hundredmen

historical A 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.
A centurion. Coordinate term: (chiliarch) thousandman, thousandealdorman

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@misc{hundredman_2026,
  title = {hundredman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hundredman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}