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Century
A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred; abbreviated c.) is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages.
A centenary is a hundredth anniversary, or a celebration of this, typically the remembrance of an event which took place a hundred years earlier.
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Centry (noun)
diminutive of the conjunction “center-right” in reference to a person with center-right beliefs
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Centry (noun)
sometimes used in politics as a diminutive of “centrist”
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Century (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.
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Century (noun)
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.
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Century (noun)
A Centuriate Assembly.
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Century (noun)
A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
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Century (noun)
A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
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Century (noun)
A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
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Century (noun)
A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.