centurion (redirected from Centurions)

cen·tu·ri·on  (sn-tr-n, -tyr-)

n.

The commander of a century in the Roman army.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin centuri, centurin-, from centuria, group of a hundred; see century.]

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centurion

Noun

(in ancient Rome) the officer in command of a century [Latin centurio]

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Noun

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centurion - (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers capital of Italy, Eternal City, Italian capital, Rome, Roma - capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire warrior - someone engaged in or experienced in warfare antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe