centurion

Example Sentences

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The starting side boasted more than 1,000 caps, with four Welsh centurions when the game kicked off at Stade de France.

From BBC

Jesus was reaching out to people in the margins, the Roman centurion, Zacchaeus the tax collector, the Samaritan woman at the well.

From Washington Post

And there looks likely to be a fifth centurion early on day two, yet another Tom, if Essex's Tom Westley, 84 overnight, can go on to reach three figures against Worcestershire.

From BBC

England centurion Ben Youngs believes him to be changing the game for scrum-halves everywhere.

From BBC

Tremmel explained that the dagger was probably used by an infantryman or an officer known as a centurion.

From Fox News