the legionnaires are well respected for their fighting prowess
Recent Examples on the WebStyle: 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 The legionnaires’ loyalty was largely to one another, but France fashioned the recruits into an effective force available for tough situations, especially in the French colonies.—Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017 See all Example Sentences for legionnaire
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