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legion

/ˈliːdʒən/

noun

Meaning

  • The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

  • A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery

  • A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.

  • (often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.

  • A large number of people; a multitude.

  • (often plural) A great number.

  • A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.

Synonyms

host,
mass,
multitude,
sea,
throng

verb

Meaning

  • To form into legions.

adjective

Meaning

  • Numerous; vast; very great in number

    "Russia’s labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state’s needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion."

Synonyms

multitudinous,
numerous