LEGIONARY

legionnaire, legionary

(noun) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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