Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hundredman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hun-dred-man
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person overseeing one hundred others; (especially) a man overseeing a hundred-strong army.

noun

A centurion.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Old English hundredmann, equivalent to hundred + -man.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

hundredmen (plural)

Synonyms

bailiff hundreder hundredary centenary centgrave

Questions

What does hundredman mean?
A person overseeing one hundred others; (especially) a man overseeing a hundred-strong army.
Where does hundredman come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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