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noun
1.
a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
2.
a military or semimilitary unit.
3.
4.
any large group of armed men.
5.
any great number of persons or things; multitude.
adjective
6.
very great in number: The holy man's faithful followers were legion.
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Legion
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Origin:
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
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
Synonyms
5. throng, mass, host, sea.
5. throng, mass, host, sea.
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Example Sentences
- Faculty members who haven't read current scholarship in decades are legion.
- Applicants with peer-reviewed publications are legion.
- It is not absolute, of course, and permutations and deviations are legion.
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Word Origin & History
legion
c.1200, from O.Fr. legion "Roman legion" (3,000 to 6,000 men, under Marius usually with attached cavalry), from L. legionem (nom. legio) "body of soldiers," from legere "to choose, gather," also "to read" (see lecture). Generalized sense of "a large number" is due to (inaccurate)
EXPANDtranslations of allusive phrase in Mark v.9. American Legion, U.S. association of ex-servicemen, founded in 1919. Legion of Honor is Fr. légion d'honneur, an order of distinction founded by Napoleon in 1802. Foreign Legion is Fr. légion étrangère "body of foreign volunteers in a modern army," originally Polish, Belgian, etc. units in French army; they traditionally served in colonies or distant expeditions.
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Legion definition
a regiment of the Roman army, the number of men composing which differed at different times. It originally consisted of three thousand men, but in the time of Christ consisted of six thousand, exclusive of horsemen, who were in number a tenth of the foot-men. The word is used (Matt. 26:53; Mark 5:9) to express simply a great multitude.
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