ˈkan.ˌtred noun
or can·tref -ev
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English cantrede, candrede from Medieval Latin cantredus, candredus, modification (probably influenced by Medieval Latin hundredus hundred, division of an England country) of Middle Welsh cantref, from cant hundred + tref home, town; akin to Latin centum hundred and to Old English thorp village
: an obsolete Welsh territorial unit composed of a hundred trefs : hundred