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語源

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

名詞

pentecoster (複数形 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)...

同意語

• quinquagenarian, quinquagenary (廃れた用法)

参照

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