Associations to the word «Centurion»

Wiktionary

CENTURION, noun. An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
CENTURION, noun. (cricket) A player who scores a century.

Dictionary definition

CENTURION, noun. (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne