decener

English

Alternative forms
  • decenner
  • desiner, desener
  • decinor

Etymology

From Norman decener, from Old French decenier and Latin decēnārius, from Latin decēna (“a group of ten; a tithing”).[1]

Noun

decener (plural deceners)

  1. (historical) A soldier commanding ten men.
  2. (historical) A tithingman: the head of a tithing.
  3. (historical) Any member of a tithing.

Synonyms
  • (commander of 10 soldiers): chief of a chamber, chef de chambre (French loanword)
  • (head of a tithing): See tithingman

References
  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "† decener, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1894.

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