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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dec•u•man (dek′yŏŏ mən),USA pronunciation adj. - large or immense, as a wave.
- Antiquity(in ancient Rome) of or pertaining to the tenth cohort of a legion.
n. - AntiquityAlso called dec′uman gate′. (in ancient Rome) the main gate of a military camp, facing away from the enemy and near which the tenth cohort of the legion was usually stationed.
- Latin decumānus, decimānus of the tenth, large, equivalent. to decim(us) tenth (see decimate) + -ānus -an
- 1650–60
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