English Dictionary
Definition of “legion”
legion (ˈliːdʒən
)
Definitions
noun
- a military unit of the ancient Roman army made up of infantry with supporting cavalry, numbering some three to six thousand men
- any large military force ⇒
the French Foreign Legion
- (usually capital) an association of ex-servicemen ⇒
the British Legion
- (often plural) any very large number, esp of people
adjective
- (usually postpositive) very large or numerous
Word Origin
C13: from Old French, from Latin legio, from legere to choose
Usage examples
Of the legion , or nation, that lurked behind it, there was no sign.
Clive Barker, EVERVILLE (2001)Naturally, the differences between a GICEO and his wasp counterpart are legion.
Business Today (1998)(Basayev, for example, had boasted some time ago about training a legion of women suicide bombers.
Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)Sport of the World is giving our legion of readers the opportunity to quiz the game's greatest coach.
Sun, News of the World (2000)Matters of general cosmological concern enter into the mythology of all peoples, even though local variations are legion.
North, John, The Fontana history of Astronomy and Cosmology (1994)
