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centenier
centenier
English
Noun
centenier (plural centeniers)
- (obsolete) A centurion.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.34:
- In the beginning of his civill warres, his Centeniers offered him every one, at their own charges to pay and find him a man at Armes […].
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.34:
- (Jersey) A policeman.
Related terms
- vingtenier
Translations
centurion — see centurion
Jersey: a policeman
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