pentecoster

English

Etymology

From pentecost +‎ -er, from Medieval Latin pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ, “fiftieth”). Cognate with Pentecost.

Noun

pentecoster (plural pentecosters)

  1. An officer who commands fifty men, particularly (historical) in the Spartan army.
    • 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece
      ...they would have the command of the pentecoster, penteconter, or pentecoptater (for thus variously the title is written)...

Synonyms

References
  • pentecoster in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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