legion
see also: Legion
Pronunciation
Legion
Proper noun
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see also: Legion
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈliːdʒən/
legion (not comparable)
- 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
- German: Legion
legion (plural legions)
- (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.
- (military, obsolete) a combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery
- (military) A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
- (often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
- A large number of people; a multitude.
- (often plural) A great number.
- (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.
legion (legions, present participle legioning; past and past participle legioned)
- (transitive) To form into legions.
Legion
Proper noun
- (US, military) Ellipsis of American Legion
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