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Pronunciation : Le"gion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. legioun, OF. legion, F. l?gion, fr. L. legio, fr. legere to gather, collect. See Legend.]
Definition : 1. (Rom. Antiq.)

Defn: A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.

2. A military force; an army; military bands.

3. A great number; a multitude. Where one sin has entered,legions will force their way through the same breach. Rogers.

4. (Taxonomy)

Defn: A group of orders inferior to a class. Legion of honor, an order instituted by the French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913