1. An officer in command of ten men in the army of ancient Rome. 2. A member of a municipal senate in ancient Rome who ran local government.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin decuri, from decuria, group of ten men, administrative body of ten families, from *decu-viria : decem, ten; see dek in Appendix I + vir, man; see w-ro- in Appendix I.
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, from decuria, group of ten men, administrative body of ten families, from *decu-viria : decem, ten; see dek
in Appendix I + vir, man; see w
-ro- in Appendix I.
