de|cu|ri|on

de|cu|ri|on «dih KYUR ee uhn», noun.

in Roman history:

1. an officer commanding a group of ten horsemen.

2. the head of a decury.

3. any commander of ten.

4. a member of a colonial or municipal senate.

╂[< Latin decuriō, -ōnis leader of a decuria; see etym. under decury (Cf. ↑decury)]