Definition of legions Legions

/liˈʤʌnz/ - [leejunz] -

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Noun Plural: legions
legion - a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion"
		military force, military group, military unit, force a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"
		foreign legion a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state
legion - association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion"
legion - archaic terms for army
		host
		ground forces, regular army, army a large number of people united for some specific purpose
		roman legion a division of from 3000 to 6000 men (including cavalry) in the Roman army
legion - a vast multitude
		horde, host

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

legion (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.
legion (n.)
A military force; an army; military bands.
legion (n.)
A great number; a multitude.
legion (n.)
A group of orders inferior to a class.

legion
lē′jun, 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. [Fr.,—L. legion-em—legĕre, to levy.]

legion
(Lat. legio). A corps of soldiers in the Roman armies, first formed by Romulus, about 750 B.C., when it consisted of 3000 foot and 300 horse. When Hannibal was in Italy, 216 B.C., the legion consisted of 5200 soldiers; and under Marius, in 88 B.C., it was 6200 foot besides 700 horse. There were 10, and sometimes as many as 18 legions kept at Rome. Augustus had a standing army of 45 legions, together with 25,000 horse and 37,000 light-armed troops, about 5 B.C.; and the peace establishment of Adrian was 30 of these formidable brigades. A legion was divided into 10 cohorts, and every cohort into 6 centuries, with a vexillum, or standard, guarded by 10 men. The peace of Britain was protected by 3 legions. The French army was divided into legions subsequent to the reign of Francis I. See THUNDERING LEGIONS.