A Roman officer who had the command of 100 men His badge was a vine-rod (Latin, centum, a hundred )
A low-ranking officer in the Roman army in charge of a "century," or division of 100 men A centurion named Cornelius became the first Gentile convert to Christianity (Acts 10)
A centurion was an officer in the Roman army. an army officer of ancient Rome, who was in charge of about 100 soldiers (centurio, from centuria; CENTURY)