Definition of "legion"
- adjective
Numerous; vast; very great in number; multitudinous.
- noun
The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
A large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion, founded in 1919.
A large number of people; a multitude.
A great number.
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.
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