legion /lēˈjən/

1. In ancient Rome, a body of three to six thousand soldiers
2. A military force, applied esp to several in French history
3. A very great number

Multitudinous

leˈgionary adjective

1. Of, relating to, or consisting of, a legion or legions
2. Containing a great number

A member of a legion

leˈgioned adjective

Set out in legions

legionell'a noun (pl legionell'as or legionell'ae /-ē/)

1. A genus of bacteria that can cause respiratory diseases
2. A disease caused by such bacteria (also called legionellō'sis; see also legionnaire's disease below)

lēgionnaire /-nārˈ/ (Fr légionnaire) noun

A member of the British, Foreign, etc Legion

legionnaire's disease or legionnaires' disease noun

A severe, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like disease caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophilia (so named after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976)

Legion of Honour noun

A French order instituted in 1802 by Napoleon I

American Legion

An association of US war veterans

British Legion

(in full Royal British Legion) an ex-servicemen's and -women's association

Foreign Legion

A legion composed of foreigners, esp that in the French Army organized in 1831

their name is Legion

They are too many to number (from Bible, Mark 5.9)

Thundering Legion

In Christian tradition, a body of soldiers under Marcus Aurelius, whose prayers brought down a thunderstorm and destroyed the enemy

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