Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A police officer in the island of Jersey.
- noun One of a division containing a hundred.
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- noun obsolete A
centurion . - noun Jersey A
policeman .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A voice came shrilly over the head of the centenier.
The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Ma fe, yes, he sleeps like a porpoise now, and white as a wax he looked up there in the Cohue Royale," put in a centenier standing by.
The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897
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The weapon missed the Chevalier, but laid low a centenier, who, though a municipal officer, had in the excitement lost his head like his neighbours.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"That Chevalier of Champsavoys and the other Duc de Bercy," interposed the centenier.
The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897
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"That Chevalier of Champsavoys and the other Duc de Bercy," interposed the centenier.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Ma fe, yes, he sleeps like a porpoise now, and white as a wax he looked up there in the Cohue Royale," put in a centenier standing by.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"The Master's sick of a squinzy," grunted the centenier.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Ma fistre, I believe you," ejaculated the centenier.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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A voice came shrilly over the head of the centenier.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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"The Master's sick of a squinzy," grunted the centenier.
The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms Gilbert Parker 1897
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