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▸ adjective: Occurring every 100 years.
▸ adjective: Lasting or aged 100 years, 100-year-old.
▸ adjective: (historical, obsolete) Of or relating to hundreds, the administrative unit.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Synonym of centurion: An officer commanding 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Synonym of century: a period of 100 years.
▸ noun: Synonym of centennial: a hundredth anniversary.
▸ noun: (uncommon) Synonym of hundredweight, especially (historical) in Greek and Roman contexts.
▸ noun: (historical) Synonym of centgrave: a position in the Frankish Empire overseeing local administration.
▸ noun: (historical) Synonym of hundredman: a position in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms overseeing local administration.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Synonym of hundred: a collection of 100 things.
▸ noun: (obsolete, rare) Synonym of centenarian: a person 100 or more years old.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive, obsolete) To celebrate the centennial of.
Similar:
centennial,
tercentenary,
hundredth,
quincentenary,
quincentennial,
hundredal,
one-hundredth,
hundred-first,
quingentenary,
hundred-and-first,
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