legion
noun/ˈliːdʒən/
/ˈliːdʒən/
- a large group of soldiers that forms part of an army, especially the one that existed in ancient Rome
- the French Foreign Legion
- Caesar’s legions
- (formal) a large number of people of one particular type
- legions of photographers
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin legio(n-), from legere ‘choose, levy’. The adjective dates from the late 17th cent., in early use often in the phrase my, their, etc. name is legion, i.e. ‘we, they, etc. are many’ (Mark 5:9) in the Bible.
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