decurion

/dih-kyoor-ee-uhn/US // dɪˈkyʊər i ən //UK // (dɪˈkjʊərɪən) //

颓势,颓废者,颓丧的人,颓唐

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Roman History.
- : the head of a decury.
- : a member of the senate of an ancient Roman colony or municipality.

At last he stirred slightly, and the decurion turned and looked down.
Cicero said that it was easier to be a Senator at Rome than a decurion at Pompeii.
The five-mile race was over, and had been won as usual by Decurion Brennus, the crack long-distance champion of the Herculians.
In a moment the boy sprang into the decurion's way so suddenly that the soldier almost fell over him.
The decurion in charge of the squad brought up his gray horse with such suddenness that the animal's feet slid in the gravel.