legion

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Pronunciation
/ˈliːdʒən/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

2 Definition

A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery

3 Definition

A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.

4 Definition

(often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.

5 Definition

A large number of people; a multitude.

6 Definition

(often plural) A great number.

7 Definition

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.

Verb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

To form into legions.

Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Numerous; vast; very great in number

Synonyms
multitudinous numerous
Example Sentences
  • Russia’s labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state’s needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion.