Dictionary

legionary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈliːdʒənɹi/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈliːdʒənəɹi/ (UK)
• /ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi/ (US)

Etymology

From legion + -ary. From Latin legiōnārius. Doublet of legionnaire.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Relating to, or consisting of, a legion or legions.
   • a legionary force
2. (not-comparable) Containing a great number.
   • 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.

legionary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈliːdʒənɹi/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈliːdʒənəɹi/ (UK)
• /ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi/ (US)

Etymology

From legion + -ary. From Latin legiōnārius. Doublet of legionnaire.

Meanings

1. (Ancient-Rome) A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.
   • Suddenly, [...] he saw all this as romantic — the last legionary, his aloneness, the lost cause really lost — and instinctively he pulled in his paunch, stroked down his hair to cover the naked part of the scalp, and wiped the sweat off his cheeks. 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 425:
2. A person who is neither a citizen nor colonial/imperial subject of the state whose military they join.
3. 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).

Forms

Coordinates

centurion (soldier of the Ancient Roman legion)

Deriveds

legionary ant

Holonyms

maniple (soldier of the Ancient Roman legion) · century (soldier of the Ancient Roman legion) · legion (soldier of the Ancient Roman legion) · contubernium (soldier of the Ancient Roman legion)

Synonyms

legionnaire (member of a Legion organisation)

Translations (28)

it legionario (member of a legion) · ru легионе́р (member of a legion) · el λεγεωνάριος (member of a legion) · lt legionierius (member of a legion) · uk легіоне́р (member of a legion) · fi legioonalainen (member of a legion) · gl lexionario (member of a legion) · pt legionário (member of a legion) · cs legionář (member of a legion) · mk легионе́р (member of a legion) · kk легион жауынгері (member of a legion) · es legionario (member of a legion) · fr légionnaire (member of a legion) · nrf légionnaithe (member of a legion) · kk легион сарбазы (member of a legion) · eo legiano (member of a legion) · ro legionar (member of a legion) · nl legionair (member of a legion) · de Legionär (member of a legion) · apw yaaʼ tú silááda (member of a legion) · cmn 軍團士兵 /军团士兵 (member of a legion) · hu légiós (member of a legion) · hu légionista (member of a legion) · bg легионер (member of a legion) · kk легионер (member of a legion) · pl legionista (member of a legion) · da legionær (member of a legion) · sv legionär (member of a legion)