Definition of century

• n. - A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things.
• n. - A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.
• n. - A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers.
• n. - One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.