About The Word Legion
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What's The Definition Of Legion?
[n] a vast multitude
[n] archaic terms for army [n] a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion" [n] association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion" Synonyms | Synonyms for Legion: horde | host Related Terms | Find terms related to Legion: a mass of | a world of | armed force | armed service | army | army group | array | battalion | battery | battle group | bevy | brigade | bunch | cadre | career soldiers | cloud | cluster | clutter | cohort | cohue | column | combat command | combat team | company | corps | covey | crowd | crush | deluge | detachment | detail | division | field army | field train | fighting machine | file | flight | flock | flocks | flood | flying column | forces | galaxy | garrison | ground forces | ground troops | hail | heap | hive | horde | host | jam | kitchen police | KP | large amount | legions | lots | maniple | many | mass | masses of | military establishment | mob | muchness | multitude | nest | numbers | occupation force | organization | outfit | pack | panoply | paratroops | phalanx | platoon | plurality | posse | press | quantities | quite a few | rabble | rank | rank and file | ranks | regiment | regular army | regulars | rout | ruck | scores | section | shoal | ski troops | soldiery | spate | squad | squadron | standing army | storm troops | swarm | tactical unit | task force | the line | the military | throng | tidy sum | train | troop | troops | unit | wing | worlds of See Also | army | association | concourse | force | legionary | legionnaire | military force | military group | military unit | multitude | regular army | Sabaoth | throng Legion In Webster's Dictionary \Le"gion\ (l[=e]"j[u^]n), n. [OE. legioun, OF. legion, F.
l['e]gion, 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. --Rogers.
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.
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