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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Centurion \Cen*tu"ri*on\, noun [L. centurio, fr. centuria; cf. F. centurion. See {Century}.] (Rom. Hist.) A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.
A centurion of the hand called the Italian band. --Acts x. 1.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
centurion
noun: (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "centurion": C, NCO, acting corporal, acting sergeant, bicentenary, bicentennial, cental, centare, centenarian, centenary, centennial, centennium, centigram, centimeter, centipede, centistere, centred, centref, centrev, centumvir, centumvirate, century, chief warrant officer, color sergeant, corporal, cwt, first sergeant, gross, havildar, hecatomb, hundred, hundredweight, lance corporal, lance sergeant, long hundred, master sergeant, mess sergeant, naik, noncom, noncommissioned officer, one C, platoon sergeant, sarge, sergeant, sergeant first class, sergeant major, sesquicentenary, sesquicentennial, staff sergeant, technical sergeant, tercentenary, tercentennial, top sergeant, topkick, warrant officer
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Centurion a Roman officer in command of a hundred men (Mark 15:39, 44, 45). Cornelius, the first Gentile convert, was a centurion (Acts 10:1, 22). Other centurions are mentioned in Matt. 8:5, 8, 13; Luke 7:2, 6; Acts 21:32; 22:25, 26; 23:17, 23; 24:23; 27:1, 6, 11, 31, 43; 28:16. A centurion watched the crucifixion of our Lord (Matt. 27:54; Luke 23:47), and when he saw the wonders attending it, exclaimed, "Truly this man was the Son of God." "The centurions mentioned in the New Testament are uniformly spoken of in terms of praise, whether in the Gospels or in the Acts. It is interesting to compare this with the statement of Polybius (vi. 24), that the centurions were chosen by merit, and so were men remarkable not so much for their daring courage as for their deliberation, constancy, and strength of mind.", Dr. Maclear's N. T. Hist.
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