hundredman
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Etymology
From Old English hundredmann, equivalent to 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.
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