centgrave

English

Etymology

From German Zentgraf, from Latin cent- (“100”) + German -graf (“-grave”).

Noun

centgrave (plural centgraves)

1. (historical) The overseer of a hundred (zent) in medieval France and Germany.
2. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of hundredman: the overseer of a hundred in medieval England.

Synonyms

• (Frankish administrator): centenary; see also hundredman

References

• “† centgrave, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.