Definition of "centurion"
(historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
Quotations
“Man,” said the largest, most protective of the Praetorian guard, her lover, no doubt, and her peroxide-blond centurion, “for an apostle of peace you sure are filled up with war.”
2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, page 5