Definitions for centurion

centurion cen·tu·ri·on

Spelling: [sen-too r-ee-uh n, -tyoo
IPA: /sɛnˈtʊər i ən, -ˈtyʊər-/

Centurion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 430 anagrams from letters in centurion (ceinnortu).

Definitions for centurion

noun

  1. (in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
  2. (initial capital letter) Military. any one of various British battle tanks in service from 1945 to 1967.

Origin of centurion

1225-75; Middle English Latin centuriōn- (stem of centuriō), equivalent to centur(ia) century + -iōn- -ion

Examples for centurion

A military officer, a centurion or captain of a hundred men, was stationed there.

centurion cost, in today's dollars, something like $12 million.

I have lost the confidence of the centurion to whom I sold you.

And here the centurion found the overseer, and talked with him long and earnestly.

Let us take the case of this first centurion, and see if it will tell us.

He was a captain, or, as it was styled in those days, a centurion.

My master's farm—a veteran of the first war—a centurion—the Numidians.

He talked with a centurion, who told him, "With a great price I obtained this freedom."

The centurion sent to take him alive arrived before he expired.

Neil Marshall's centurion is by far his most serious movie, though that's not saying too much.

Word Value for centurion
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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