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the legionnaires are well respected for their fighting prowess
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Archaeologists have found more than 450 ancient cave systems in the Holy Land, including many that were dug into mountainsides, which the Jews used to launch guerrilla-style attacks on Roman legionnaires during the Great Jewish Revolt from AD 66 to 70.
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Arthur Herman, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2014
Style: Sun hats for babies come in a variety of styles, including bonnets, buckets, and legionnaire.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 23 May 2024
At the Crimea pavilion, throngs of visitors pose with men dressed as Roman legionnaires next to a video boasting about the bridge connecting the peninsula, which was illegally annexed in 2014, to the Russian mainland.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
In 2022, an outbreak of legionnaires' disease in New York City's Bronx borough left one dead and 18 sick.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023
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Arthur Herman, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2014
Style: Sun hats for babies come in a variety of styles, including bonnets, buckets, and legionnaire.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 23 May 2024
At the Crimea pavilion, throngs of visitors pose with men dressed as Roman legionnaires next to a video boasting about the bridge connecting the peninsula, which was illegally annexed in 2014, to the Russian mainland.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
In 2022, an outbreak of legionnaires' disease in New York City's Bronx borough left one dead and 18 sick.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023
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legionnaire
noun
le·gion·naire
ˌlē-jə-ˈna(ə)r 
-ˈne(ə)r
: a member of a legion
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