| 释义 |
† vintenary Obs. rare.
Also -are.
[ad. med.L. vintēnārius, f. vintēnum twenty: cf. next.]
A military officer in command of twenty men.
c1450Contin. Brut 540 Sir Iohn Ward, knyght, with x Centenaries..and viij vyntenaries. Ibid. 541 Sir Howell Griffith..with..ij C and iij vintenares, and iiij MiCC Walsh⁓men. |