legion

n. unit of the Roman army consisting of 3, 000 to 6, 000 soldiers; military unit, army; multitude, mass

"Legion" redirects here. For other uses of this word, see: Legion (disambiguation). The Roman Legion (from Latin legio "military levy, conscription", from lego — "to collect") is a term that can apply both as a transliteration of legio ("conscription" or "army") to the entire Roman army and also, more narrowly (and more commonly), to the heavy infantry that was the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army in the period of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. In this latter meaning, it consisted of several cohorts of heavy infantry known as legionaries. It was almost always accompanied by one or more attached units of auxiliaries, who were not Roman citizens and provided cavalry, ranged troops and skirmishers to complement the legion's heavy infantry.
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Noun
1. archaic terms for army
(synonym) host
(hypernym) army, regular army, ground forces
(hyponym) Roman Legion
2. association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion"
(hypernym) association
3. a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion"
(hypernym) military unit, military force, military group, force
(hyponym) foreign legion
(member-meronym) legionnaire, legionary
4. a vast multitude
(synonym) horde, host
(hypernym) multitude, throng, concourse

n. legion, army unit, corps, specialized military unit

n. legion, military unit