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legion definition

le·gion (lē′jən)

noun

  1. Rom. History a military division varying at times from 3,000 to 6,000 foot soldiers, with additional cavalrymen
  2. a large group of soldiers; army
  3. a large number; multitude a legion of admirers
  4. American Legion, Foreign Legion, etc.

Etymology: OFr < L legio < legere, to choose: see logic

adjective

numerous; many: used in the predicate her honors were legion

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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