What does "legion" mean?
Legion: A military force; an army; military bands.
Additional senses
- 2.A great number; a multitude. Where one sin has entered,legions will force their way through the same breach. Rogers.
- 3.(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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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