hundredman

English

Etymology

From hundred +‎ -man.

Noun

hundredman (plural hundredmen)

(historical) A person overseeing a hundred.
- 1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 31: Assurances”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 496:
  “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.

Synonyms

bailiff, hundreder, hundredary, centenary, centgrave

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