Sekirov Dictionary

legion

/ˈliː.d͡ʒən/

noun 7
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun7

The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
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A large number of people; a multitude.
- Their complicated affairs are managed by a legion of accountants.
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A great number.
- where one Sin has entered, Legions will force their Way through the fame Breach. — 1735
A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery, including historical units such as the British Legion, and present-day units such as the Spanish Legion and the French Foreign Legion.
A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
(old-fashioned) A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.

adjective1

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Numerous; vast; very great in number.
- Russia’s labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state’s needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion.

verb1

To form into legions.

forms

legioned · legioning · legions

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