pentecoster
English edit
Etymology edit
From pentecost + -er, from Medieval Latin pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ, “fiftieth”). Cognate with Pentecost.
Noun edit
pentecoster (plural pentecosters)
- An officer who commands fifty men, particularly (historical) in the Spartan army.
- 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:
- ...they would have the command of the pentecoster, penteconter, or pentecoptater (for thus variously the title is written)...
Synonyms edit
- quinquagenarian, quinquagenary (obsolete)
References edit
- “pentecoster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.