legionary

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Recent Examples of legionary The hoard consists of 25 silver denarii in total, equal to the monthly salary of a Roman legionary — or citizen soldier. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legionary
Noun
  • To maintain tanks’ relevance, Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have covered them in different configurations of armor as ad hoc solutions to rapidly shifting tactics.
    Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed soldiers had been sent to the area, per the BBC.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • How segments of Christianity overlap with the manosphere The manosphere — a movement encompassing hypermasculinity, male supremacy, misogyny and traditional gender roles and driven by podcasters, bloggers and social media warriors — has become increasingly mainstream.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • With vocals and synths inspired by Celtic traditions and bagpipes, Griffin uses a sword, the Scottish Claymore, as a personal logo symbolizing resilience and the warrior spirit.
    Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Legionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legionary. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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