| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·cur·i·on |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -ky r  - n |
| NOUN: | 1. An officer in command of ten men in the army of ancient Rome. 2. A member of a municipal senate in ancient Rome who ran local government. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin decuri , from decuria, group of ten men, administrative body of ten families, from *decu-viria : decem, ten; see dek in Appendix I + vir, man; see w -ro- in Appendix I.
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