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Definitions for Legion

[1] a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
[2] a military or semimilitary unit.
[3] the Legion. American Legion. foreign legion(def 2) .
[4] any large group of armed men.
[5] any great number of persons or things; multitude.
[6] very great in number: The holy man's faithful followers were legion.
[7] a military unit of the ancient Roman army made up of infantry with supporting cavalry, numbering some three to six thousand men
[8] any large military force the French Foreign Legion
[9] (usually capital) an association of ex-servicemen the British Legion
[10] (often plural) any very large number, esp of people
[11] (usually postpositive) very large or numerous

Words related to Legion

throng, horde, flock, multitude, army, myriad, body, division, group, company, number, host, troop, drove, rout, cloud, brigade, phalanx, countless, many

Words nearby Legion

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Origin of Legion

1175–1225; Middle English legi(o)un (< Old French ) < Latin legiōn- (stem of legiō ) picked body of soldiers, equivalent to leg(ere ) to gather, choose, read + -iōn- -ion

Word origin for Legion

C13: from Old French, from Latin legio, from legere to choose

Synonyms for Legion

myriad, countless, many, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, numberless, populous, several, sundry, various, very many, voluminous