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[syn: legionnaire, legionary]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Legionary \Le"gion*a*ry\ (-[asl]*r[y^]), a. [L. legionarius: cf.
F. l['e]gionnaire.]
Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or
of an indefinitely great number; as, legionary soldiers; a
legionary force. "The legionary body of error." --Sir T.
Browne.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Legionary \Le"gion*a*ry\ (l[=e]"j[u^]n*[asl]*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Legionaries (-r[i^]z).
A member of a legion. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
legionary
n 1: a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the
French Foreign Legion) [syn: legionnaire, legionary]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "legionary":
Amazon, air serviceman, brave, cannon fodder, fighting man,
food for powder, halberdier, hoplite, man-at-arms, military man,
navy man, pikeman, rifle, rifleman, serviceman, soldier, spearman,
warrior, warrioress