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1. (n.) legion
the largest unit of the Roman army, comprising at different periods from about 3000 to 6000 foot soldiers, with a much smaller complement of cavalry.
2. legion
a military or semimilitary unit.
3. legion
the Legion.
4. legion
any large group of armed men.
5. legion
any great number of persons or things; multitude; throng.
6. (adj.) legion
very great in number:
The holy man's followers were legion.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME legi(o)un (< OF) < L legiō=leg(ere) to gather, choose, read +-iō -ion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) host, legion
archaic terms for army
2. (noun) legion
association of ex-servicemen
"the American Legion"
3. (noun) legion
a large military unit
"the French Foreign Legion"
4. (adj) horde, host, legion
a vast multitude
5. (adj) numerous, legion(p)
amounting to a large indefinite number
"numerous times"; "the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) legion
a body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth
2. (noun) legion
a military force; an army; military bands
3. (noun) legion
a great number; a multitude
4. (noun) legion
a group of orders inferior to a class
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. legion
among the ancient Romans a body of soldiers consisting of three lines, the hastati, the principes, and the triarii, ranged in order of battle one behind the other, each divided into ten maniples, and the whole numbering from 4000 to 6000 men; to each legion was attached six military tribunes, who commanded in rotation, each for two months; under Marius the three lines were amalgamated, and the whole divided into ten cohorts of three maniples each; under the original arrangement the hastati were young or untrained men, the principes men in their full manhood, and the triarii veterans.
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Sense: in ancient Rome, a body of from three to six thousand soldiers.
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 Afrikaans: legioen |
 Arabic: فَيْلَق |
 Bulgarian: легион |
 Brazilian: legião |
 Czech: legie |
 German: die Legion |
 Danish: legion |
 Greek: λεγεώνα |
 Spanish: legión |
 Estonian: leegion |
 Farsi: لژیون |
 Finnish: legioona |
 French: légion |
 Hebrew: לִגיוֹן |
 Hindi: स्वयं-सेवी सैनिक |
 Croatian: legija |
 Hungarian: légió |
 Indonesian: legiun |
 Icelandic: hersveit |
 Italian: legione |
 Japanese: 軍団 |
 Korean: 레기온(고대 로마의 군단) |
 Lithuanian: legionas |
 Latvian: leģions |
 Malay: legion |
 Dutch: legioen |
 Norwegian: legion |
 Polish: legion |
 Persian: سپاه،لشكر |
 Pashto: پوځ،لښكر |
 Portuguese: legião |
 Romanian: legiune |
 Russian: легион |
 Slovak: légia |
 Slovenian: legija |
 Serbian: legija |
 Swedish: legion |
 Thai: กองทหารของโรมัน |
 Turkish: alay, lejyon |
 Taiwanese: 古羅馬軍團 |
 Ukrainian: легіон |
 Urdu: قدیم رومی فوج کی 3 سے 6 ہ |
 Vietnamese: quân đoàn |
 Chinese: 古罗马军团 |
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