Synonyms of legionnaire

legionnaire

noun

ˌlē-jə-ˈner 

as in soldier

a person engaged in military service

the legionnaires are well respected for their fighting prowess

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soldier
• warrior
• fighter
• marine
• legionary
• raider
• trooper
• veteran
• serviceman
• ranger
• dragoon
• recruit
• knight
• man-at-arms
• dogface
• musketeer
• Confederate
• infantryman
• regular
• conscript
• partisan
• cavalryman
• artilleryman
• doughboy
• rifleman
• cavalier
• guardsman
• combatant
• Continental
• commando
• archer
• cuirassier
• cannoneer
• GI
• militiaman
• lancer
• footman
• guerrilla
• spearman
• foot soldier
• servicewoman
• jarhead
• irregular
• gunner
• grunt
• paramilitary
• champion
• Federal
• crossbowman
• reservist
• gendarme
• draftee
• warhorse
• pikeman
• carabineer
• enrollee
• mortarman
• counterguerrilla
• noncombatant
• minuteman
• digger
• lifer
• gallowglass

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilian

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of legionnaire

The deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem continues to spread, forcing residents to be hyper-vigilant and on the look-out for the flu-like symptoms associated with the illness. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025

From Roman legionnaires to Napoleon’s troops, many armies have occupied Aragonese over the years. — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2025

Another suggests the cache could be war spoils of Czechoslovak legionnaires. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 20 May 2025

The second, that it was named after a maiden who showed some weary legionnaires the way to the mountain spring. — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025