legion
see also: Legion
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈliːdʒən/
Adjective

legion (not comparable)

  1. 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.
    dissatisfied customers and their legion complaints
    Synonyms: multitudinous, numerous
Translations Noun

legion (plural legions)

  1. (military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
  2. (military, obsolete) a combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery
  3. (military) A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
  4. (often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
  5. A large number of people; a multitude.
  6. (often plural) A great number.
  7. (dated, taxonomy) 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.
Synonyms Related terms Translations Verb

legion (legions, present participle legioning; past and past participle legioned)

  1. (transitive) To form into legions.

Legion
Proper noun
  1. (US, military) Ellipsis of American Legion



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