different between century vs legionary

English

Etymology

From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is a shortening of century of years.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.t???.?i?/, /?s?n.t???i?/, /?s?n.t????i?/
• Hyphenation: cen?tu?ry, cent?ury
• Homophone: sentry (for some speakers)

Noun

century (plural centuries)

1. A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
2. A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
3. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
4. A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
5. (cricket) A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
6. (snooker) A score of one hundred points.

7. (sports) A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
8. (US, informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Synonyms

• (period of 100 consecutive years): yearhundred (very rare)
• (Roman army unit): centuria

Meronyms

• (major unit of the Roman army): cohort, maniple, legion

Derived terms

Related terms

• centurion

Translations

See also

• centennial, semicentennial, multicentennial, bicentennial, sesquicentennial, tricentennial, quadricentennial, quincentennial, sexcentennial, septicentennial, octocentennial, novocentennial
• secular, plurisecular, multisecular
• centenary, bicentenary, tricentenary, quadricentenary, quincentenary, sexcentenary, septicentenary, octocentenary, novocentenary
• centenarian, multicentenarian

Anagrams

• cuntery, curteyn

English

Etymology

legion +? -ary. From Latin legionarius. Doublet of legionnaire.

Adjective

legionary (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or consisting of, a legion or legions.

   a legionary force

2. Containing a great number.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica (aka, Vulgar Errours), Google Books

     Unto whom (what is deplorable in men and Christians) too many applying themselves, betwixt jest and earnest, betray the cause of truth, and insensibly make up the legionary body of error.

Noun

legionary (plural legionaries)

1. (military, Ancient Rome) A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.
2. A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).

Synonyms

• (member of a Legion organisation): legionnaire

Holonyms

• (soldier of the Ancient Roman legion): contubernium, maniple, century, legion

Coordinate terms

• (soldier of the Ancient Roman legion): centurion

Translations

Anagrams

• o'erlaying