as in soldier
a person engaged in military service
the legionnaires are well respected for their fighting prowess
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Recent Examples of legionnaire
Sharing the stage with Wilke is gentle and endearing actor Andrew Oswald, who plays the legionnaire running the debate, as well as Mike, a gay White man who has seen his rights trampled for most of his adult life, but retains a positive, life-loving spirit.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Luca Matias, a legionnaire, is destined to carry on his family’s name, and maintain their hold over the Forum, after his uncle dies.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Style: 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
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Luca Matias, a legionnaire, is destined to carry on his family’s name, and maintain their hold over the Forum, after his uncle dies.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Style: 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legionnaire
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His Telegram channel, followed by around half a million users, regularly features narrated footage of drones tracking and killing Russian soldiers.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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The biggest revelation in both movies is that throughout the war Lucas had heroin shipped to the U.S. from Vietnam in coffins containing dead soldiers.—
Steve Bloom,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2025
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Two years later, Israeli and American cyber warriors introduced Stuxnet, a malicious computer worm that caused thousands of Natanz centrifuges to spin out of control, setting back Iran’s nuclear enrichment.—
Jennifer Griffin,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
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The movement's emphasis on the Old Testament is significant, Clarkson said, because in it, major figures are warriors.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
21 June 2025
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“Legionnaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legionnaire. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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