Legion
['liːdʒ(ə)n]
Definition
(noun.) a large military unit; 'the French Foreign Legion'.
(noun.) association of ex-servicemen; 'the American Legion'.
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Definition
(n.) A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.
(n.) A military force; an army; military bands.
(n.) A great number; a multitude.
(n.) A group of orders inferior to a class.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Army, host, military force, body of troops.[2]. Multitude, great number.
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Definition
n. in ancient Rome a body of soldiers of from three to six thousand: a military force: a great number: in French history the name of several military bodies more esp. one which distinguished itself in Algeria and in the Crimea.—v.t. to form into legions.—adj. Lē′gionary relating to or consisting of a legion or legions: containing a great number.—n. a soldier of a legion.—Legion of Honour an order of merit instituted in France in 1802 by Napoleon I.; Thundering Legion the name in Christian tradition for a body of soldiers under Marcus Aurelius whose prayers for rain once brought down a thunderstorm and destroyed the enemy.
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Examples
- He was dined at the H?tel de Ville, given the Legion of Honor, and money was subscribed for a monument to mark the place near Calais where he commenced his flight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Medals and diplomas, the Cross of the Legion of Honour, and millions of money became his. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- His machine was shown at the Paris Exposition of 1867, and was awarded a gold medal, and Howe himself was given the ribbon of the French Legion of Honor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The uses of the incandescent light are legion. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Perin, who received at the Paris Exhibition in 1867 the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There was a legion of Sundays, all days of unserviceable bitterness and mortification, slowly passing before him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- At the close of the Exposition Edison was created a Commander of the Legion of Honor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His own line broke as it extended, the Roman legion charged home, and the day was lost. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was made an officer of the Legion of Honor, and Prof. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Its uses and applications are legion, and they extend literally from the cradle to the grave. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But she had beauty, pride, ambition, insolent resolve, and sense enough to portion out a legion of fine ladies. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In 1880 the government of France awarded him the Volta prize of fifty thousand francs and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Gallant sir, answered the Jester, 'nomen illis legio', their name is legion. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Where was the drug that could still this legion of insurgent nerves? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The father in 1811, at the age of twenty, was one of Napoleon's conscripts, and in 1814 received from the Emperor, for valor and fidelity, the Cross of t he Legion of Honor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Devils gathered their legions in his sight; their dim, discrowned, and tarnished armies passed rank and file before him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- More and more important grow the legions; less and less significant are the Senate and the assemblies of Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The generals in command of the Rhine legions, the Palatine troops, and the eastern armies, each attempted to seize power. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When presently the barbarians poured into the empire, there was nothing but the legions to face them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Spanish legions rose in insurrection under an elderly general of seventy-three, Galba, whom they acclaimed emperor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And as a consequence only the hardworking emperors who kept their legions active and in close touch with themselves had long reigns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Before the Punic Wars it was the tendency of ambitious men in Rome to court the plebeians; after that time they began to court the legions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By 49 B.C. he and Pompey, with their legions, he from the west and Pompey from the east, were fighting openly for predominance in the Roman state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had broken the law by bringing his legions across the Rubicon, which was the boundary between his command and Italy proper. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was only secure while he was the beloved captain of his legions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The legions in Gaul were under the command of a Frank, and the Emperor Theodosius I (emp. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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