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Definition of legion
1 : the principal unit of the Roman army comprising 3000 to 6000 foot soldiers with cavalry Caesar and his legions defeated the Gauls.
2 : a large military force; especially : army 1a the French Foreign Legion
3 : a very large number : multitude won him … a legion of devoted followers — Irving Kolodin
4 : a national association of ex-servicemen the American Legion
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Examples of legion in a Sentence
Legions of people came to see him perform.
joined the French Foreign Legion
Recent Examples of legion from the Web
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Anthropologists discovered similar concretely bound reasoning among Uzbek peasants way back in the 1930s; legions of whites in America have grown up in similar environments (as J. D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy eloquently testifies).
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There are chefs who can fill seats based on reputation alone — lead actors whose legion admirers eagerly attend every opening.
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The two children roamed around the legion Thursday, talking and laughing with people.
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A stop in Bellingham, with its excellent farmers market and growing legion of good places to get a fresh beer, is a nice side benefit to taking one of these hikes.
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Donald Trump has a distaste for the State Department and its legions of diplomats tasked with crafting the nation’s foreign policy.
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But for the legions of young people and teens that have formed one of the most devout fandoms ever, RuPaul’s Drag Race has become a history class of sorts.
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But there are legions of women playing guitar — maybe Edgers just hasn’t been paying attention.
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The Anthemis Cosmetics chairman, like legions of other entrepreneurs, imports raw materials for dollars and was thus ravaged by the lira’s 21 percent plunge last year.
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Origin and Etymology of legion
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin legion-, legio, from legere to gather — more at legend
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Definition of legion
Examples of legion in a Sentence
the obstacles that the programmers had to overcome have been legion
Origin and Etymology of legion
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playDefinition of legion for English Language Learners
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: a large group of soldiers in ancient Rome
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: a large group of soldiers
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: a national organization for former soldiers
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Definition of legion for English Language Learners
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: very many or numerous
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