legionary

Noun
Synonyms: legionnaire

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Noun (1)legionaries

  1. a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)Synonyms: legionnaireType of soldierMember of legion
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Le′gion·a·ry (-ā-ry̆), adjective

Origin: L. legionarius: cf. F. légionnaire.

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 Thomas Browne

Le′gion·a·ry (lē′jŭn-ā-ry̆), noun; pl. Legionaries (-rĭz).

A member of a legion. John Milton

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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