n. In a general sense, a hundred; anything consisting of a hundred in number.n. Specifically In Rom. antiq.:n. A division of the people (originally so called, probably, with reference to the approximate number of its members, though there was no fixed limit), instituted by Servius Tullius, formed with reference to taxation and to the election of magistrates and enactment of laws.n. A subdivision of the legion, corresponding to a modern military company of infantry, and consisting nominally of a hundred men.n. An allotment of land of varying size; especially, the area of land allotted to soldiers in a conquered country.n. A period of one hundred years, reckoned from any starting-point: as, a century of national independence; a century of oppression.n. An obsolete form of centaury.n. In botany, a set of dried plants containing a hundred sheets.