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centurion

/sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.05 in modern English

Syllables
cen-tu-ri-on
IPA
/sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.

noun

A player who scores a century.

noun

A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an aircraft carrier.

American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₃enh₂-, centurioun, centuriō, centum

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/
  • British English: /sɛnˈtjʊəɹ.i.ən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

centurions (plural)

Phrases

centurion's staff centurion syndrome

Frequently Paired Words

century

Synonyms

centenier centenary hundreder hundredman

Rhymes With

arthurian kurian missourian burian pagurian

Questions

How do you pronounce centurion?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɛnˈtjʊɹ.i.ən/.
What does centurion mean?
An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
Where does centurion come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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