century

  1. Noun.  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. Noun.  A unit in ancient Roman, 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. Noun.  A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
  4. Noun.  (archaic) A hundred things; a hundred.
  5. Noun.  (cricket) A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
  6. Noun.  (US, cycling) A ride 100 miles in length.
  7. Noun.  (US, informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

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