legion

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Numerous; vast; very great in number

Noun

1. The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
2. A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery, including historical units such as the British Legion, and present-day units such as the Spanish Legion and the French Foreign Legion.
3. A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
4. A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
5. A large number of people; a multitude.
6. A great number.
7. A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.

Verb

To form into legions.

Concepts

légion

armée

amphitryon

nombreux

hôte

série

armée militaire

forces terrestres

accueil

officier de l’armée de terre

armée de terre

forces armées

horde

Synonymes

army

host

numerous

horde

many

great number

military

much

multitude

procession

soldiers

troop

troops

troupe

warriors

Roman army

Sabaoth

armed forces

armada

group of soldiers

barrage

force

galore

hordes

lot

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈliːd͡ʒən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legiō, legionem, from legō (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture. Doublet of León, which was borrowed from Spanish.
Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to an allusive phrase in Mark 5:9, "my name is Legion: for we are many" (KJV).