What's The Definition Of Legend?
[n] brief description accompanying an illustration
[n] a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
Synonyms | Synonyms for Legend: caption |
fable
Related Terms | Find terms related to Legend: adventure story |
adventures |
aeronautical chart |
allegory |
ancient wisdom |
annals |
apologue |
archetypal myth |
archetypal pattern |
astronomical chart |
atlas |
autobiography |
azimuthal equidistant projection |
azimuthal projection |
banner |
banner head |
bedtime story |
biographical sketch |
biography |
caption |
cartographer |
cartography |
case history |
celebrity |
celestial chart |
celestial globe |
chart |
chorographer |
chorography |
chronicle |
chronicles |
chronology |
climatic chart |
Clio |
code |
common law |
confessions |
conic projection |
contour line |
contour map |
curriculum vitae |
custom |
cylindrical projection |
detective story |
diary |
drop head |
dropline |
epic |
epigraph |
experiences |
fable |
fabliau |
fairy lore |
fairy tale |
fairyism |
fantasy |
fiction |
folk motif |
folk story |
folklore |
folktale |
fortunes |
general reference map |
gest |
ghost story |
globe |
gnomonic projection |
graphic scale |
grid line |
hachure |
hagiography |
hagiology |
hanger |
head |
heading |
headline |
heliographic chart |
heroic legend |
historiography |
history |
horse opera |
hydrographic chart |
immemorial usage |
immortal name |
immortality |
index |
inscription |
isoline |
journal |
jump head |
key |
Lambert conformal projection |
latitude |
layer tint |
life |
life and letters |
life story |
longitude |
lore |
love story |
luminary |
map |
map maker |
map projection |
mapper |
Marchen |
martyrology |
memoir |
memoirs |
memorabilia |
memorial |
memorials |
memory |
Mercator projection |
meridian |
Miller projection |
Mishnah |
motto |
Muse of history |
mystery |
mystery story |
myth |
mythical lore |
mythicism |
mythology |
mythos |
narrative |
necrology |
nursery tale |
obituary |
overline |
parable |
parallel |
personage |
phenomenon |
photobiography |
photogrammetrist |
photogrammetry |
photomap |
phototopography |
physical map |
political map |
polyconic projection |
profile |
projection |
racial memory |
record |
relief map |
remembrance |
representative fraction |
resume |
road map |
romance |
rubric |
running head |
running title |
saga |
scale |
scarehead |
science fiction |
screamer |
shocker |
sinusoidal projection |
slogan |
somebody |
space fiction |
space opera |
special map |
Spiritus Mundi |
spread |
spreadhead |
story |
streamer |
subhead |
subheading |
subtitle |
Sunna |
superscription |
suspense story |
Talmud |
terrain map |
terrestrial globe |
thematic map |
theory of history |
thriller |
title |
title page |
topographer |
topographic chart |
topography |
tradition |
traditionalism |
traditionality |
transportation map |
undying fame |
weather chart |
weather map |
Western |
Western story |
Westerner |
whodunit |
wonder |
work of fiction
See Also | Arthurian legend |
illustration |
story |
title
Legend In Webster's Dictionary
\Leg"end\ (l[e^]j"[e^]nd or l[=e]"j[e^]nd; 277), n. [OE.
legende, OF. legende, F. l['e]gende, LL. legenda, fr. L.
legendus to be read, fr. legere to read, gather; akin to Gr.
le`gein to gather, speak. Cf. {Collect}, {Dialogue},
{Lesson}, {Logic}.]
1. That which is appointed to be read; especially, a
chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly
read at matins, and in the refectories of religious
houses.
2. A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous
nature. --Addison.
3. Any wonderful story coming down from the past, but not
verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable.
And in this legend all that glorious deed Read,
whilst you arm you. --Fairfax.
4. An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the
field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic
shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
{Golden legend}. See under {Golden}.
\Leg"end\, v. t.
To tell or narrate, as a legend. --Bp. Hall.
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