noun a hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things.
2. century ·noun a period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.
3. century ·noun one of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. it was commanded by a centurion.
4. century ·noun a division of the roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers.