legions

[Le·gion]

A legion is a horde or a large number of people or things. It was originally a term for a military unit.

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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.

Noun
a vast multitude

Noun
archaic terms for army

Noun
a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion"

Noun
association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion"

n.
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.

n.
A military force; an army; military bands.

n.
A great number; a multitude.

n.
A group of orders inferior to a class.

Legion

Le"gion , n. [OE. legioun, OF. legion, F. l'82gion, fr. L. legio, fr. legere to gather, collect. See Legend.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) 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. A military force; an army; military bands. 3. A great number; a multitude.

Where one sin has entered,legions will force their way through the same breach.

4. (Taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class. Legion of honor, an order instituted by the French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military.

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.

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Usage Examples

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.

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