adj
Meaning 1
Relating to, or consisting of, a legion or legions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a legionary force
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
legionary
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi/
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UK: /ˈliːdʒənəɹi/
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UK: /ˈliːdʒənɹi/
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adj
Meaning 2
Containing a great number.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica (aka, Vulgar Errours), Google Books Unto whom (what is deplorable in men and Christians) too many applying themselves, betwixt jest and earnest, betray the cause of truth, and insensibly make up the legionary body of error.
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noun
Meaning 3
A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ancient-Rome
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 4
A person who is neither a citizen nor colonial/imperial subject of the state whose military they join.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
a member of the Legion of Christ, a Roman Catholic religious institute
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: legionnaire
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soldier
History
Etymology
From legion + -ary. From Latin legiōnārius. Doublet of legionnaire.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Western Apache: yaaʼ tú silááda — member of a legion
- Bulgarian: легионер (legioner) — member of a legion
- Chinese Mandarin: 軍團士兵 /军团士兵 (jūntuán shìbīng) — member of a legion
- Czech: legionář — member of a legion
- Danish: legionær — member of a legion
- Dutch: legionair — member of a legion
- Esperanto: legiano — member of a legion
- Finnish: legioonalainen — member of a legion
- French: légionnaire — member of a legion
- Galician: lexionario — member of a legion
- German: Legionär — member of a legion
- Greek: λεγεωνάριος (legeonários) — member of a legion
- Hungarian: légionista — member of a legion
- Hungarian: légiós — member of a legion
- Italian: legionario — member of a legion
- Kazakh: легионер (legioner) — member of a legion
- Kazakh: легион жауынгері (legion jauyñerı) — member of a legion
- Kazakh: легион сарбазы — member of a legion
- Lithuanian: legionierius — member of a legion
- Macedonian: легионе́р (legionér) — member of a legion
- Norman: légionnaithe — member of a legion
- Polish: legionista — member of a legion
- Portuguese: legionário — member of a legion
- Romanian: legionar — member of a legion
- Russian: легионе́р (legionér) — member of a legion
- Spanish: legionario — member of a legion
- Swedish: legionär — member of a legion
- Ukrainian: легіоне́р (lehionér) — member of a legion