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Noun
the daring exploits of the French legionaries have long been the stuff of literary and cinematic legend
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Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 10 June 2021
Two examples include a room from King Herod's palace that was discovered under the old Ottoman Kishle prison and a Roman legionary bathhouse that was excavated when a modern Jewish mikvah, a building for ritual baths, was under construction.
—National Geographic, 14 Nov. 2019
As part of the free admission, guests can experience a lively demonstration of gladiatorial combat, explore hands-on activities, learn about Roman life and the famous Roman legionary soldiers, and play with the toys and games of Roman children.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2018
The cemetery they were buried in was once on the outskirts of Eboracum, a Roman legionary fortress and settlement that was one of the largest in Britain 1800 years ago.
—National Geographic, 19 Jan. 2016
Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
In the Thirties, the legionaries, as they were known, had launched pogroms that claimed hundreds of Jewish lives.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
The teenage hero is among a few witnesses, including a Neanderthal cave man, a Roman legionary and the preteen daughter of a Princeton University professor, called before a tribunal representing three great galaxies.
—Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2020
According to the Telegraph’s Mike Wright, the fort likely served as a satellite of Isca Dumnoniorum, a military fortification garrisoned by 5,500 legionaries tasked with pacifying the fiercely resisting local populations in the region.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 27 Sep. 2019
These legionaries would march 20 miles a day with 80 lbs.
—David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2018
The modern-day version has firms sending out agents to collect debts dressed in a medley of outfits from monks to Roman legionaries.
—Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2018
Adjective
Inside the outpost, the rankings got more granular—commoner, foreigner, servant, patrician, legionary, commander, senator, magistrate.
—Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 10 June 2021
Two examples include a room from King Herod's palace that was discovered under the old Ottoman Kishle prison and a Roman legionary bathhouse that was excavated when a modern Jewish mikvah, a building for ritual baths, was under construction.
—National Geographic, 14 Nov. 2019
As part of the free admission, guests can experience a lively demonstration of gladiatorial combat, explore hands-on activities, learn about Roman life and the famous Roman legionary soldiers, and play with the toys and games of Roman children.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2018
The cemetery they were buried in was once on the outskirts of Eboracum, a Roman legionary fortress and settlement that was one of the largest in Britain 1800 years ago.
—National Geographic, 19 Jan. 2016
Noun
Their deployments lack the ideological zeal of the foreign legionaries who flocked to Ukraine in the early months of the war.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
In the Thirties, the legionaries, as they were known, had launched pogroms that claimed hundreds of Jewish lives.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
The teenage hero is among a few witnesses, including a Neanderthal cave man, a Roman legionary and the preteen daughter of a Princeton University professor, called before a tribunal representing three great galaxies.
—Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2020
According to the Telegraph’s Mike Wright, the fort likely served as a satellite of Isca Dumnoniorum, a military fortification garrisoned by 5,500 legionaries tasked with pacifying the fiercely resisting local populations in the region.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 27 Sep. 2019
These legionaries would march 20 miles a day with 80 lbs.
—David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2018
The modern-day version has firms sending out agents to collect debts dressed in a medley of outfits from monks to Roman legionaries.
—Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2018
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“Legionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legionary. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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legionary
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le·gion·ary
ˈlē-jə-ˌner-ē 
: of, relating to, or forming a legion
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