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LEGIONARY
legionnaire, legionary
(noun) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
legionary (not comparable)
Relating to, or consisting of, a legion or legions.
Containing a great number.
Noun
legionary (plural legionaries)
(military, Ancient Rome) A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.
A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).
Synonyms
• (member of a Legion organisation): legionnaire
Holonyms
• (soldier of the Ancient Roman legion): contubernium, maniple, century, legion
Coordinate terms
• (soldier of the Ancient Roman legion): centurion
Anagrams
• o'erlaying
Noun
Legionary (plural Legionaries)
a member of the Legion of Christ, a Roman Catholic religious institute
Anagrams
• o'erlaying
Source: Wiktionary
Le"gion*a*ry, a. Etym: [L.legionarius: cf. F. légionnaire.]
Definition: Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or of an indefinitely great number; as, legionary soldiers; a legionary force. "The legionary body of error." Sir T. Browne.
Le"gion*a*ry, n.; pl. Legionaries (.
Definition: A member of a legion. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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