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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A person overseeing one hundred others; (especially) a man overseeing a hundred-strong army..
“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.
Coordinate term: (chiliarch) thousandman, thousandealdorman
Use hundredman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hundredman means (historical) A person overseeing one hundred others; (especially) a man overseeing a hundred-strong army..
Common synonyms include bailiff, hundreder, hundredary, centenary.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“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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