Thesaurus: legion

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1. n. A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.
2. n. A military force; an army; military bands.
3. n. A great number; a multitude.
4. n. A group of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/orders">orders class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/inferior">inferior to a class.
5. adj. amounting to a large indefinite number
6. n. archaic terms for army
7. n. association of ex-servicemen
8. n. a large military unit
9. n. a vast multitude
10. 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth. 2. A military force; an army; military bands. 3. A great number; a multitude. Where one sin has entered,legions will force their way through the same breach. Rogers. 4. (Taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class. Legion of honor, an order instituted by the French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military.
11. A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of differentnumbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to aboutsix thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.
12. n:100 n. association of ex-servicemen n. a large military unit