hundreder
English
Alternative forms
- hundredor (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English hunderdere (whence also Medieval Latin hundredārius), equivalent to hundred + -er.
Noun
hundreder (plural hundreders)
- (historical) Synonym of hundredman: An administrator overseeing a hundred.
- 1631, John Weever, Ancient Funerall Monuments within the Vnited Monarchie of Great Britaine:
- Henry the ſixth was in this Edmunds house (Hundreder of S. Albans) during the time of the first battell
- (historical) An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred, hence (law) a person eligible for jury duty within a hundred.
References
- “hundreder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hunrədər/, [ˈhunɐðɐ]
Noun
hundreder c (plural indefinite hundreder, plural definite hundrederne)
- a unit of 100, indicated by the antepenultimate digit in a decimal number
Related terms
Noun
hundreder n