legionary
noun/ˈliːdʒənəri/
/ˈliːdʒəneri/
(plural legionaries)
- a soldier who is part of a legionTopics War and conflictc2Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin legionarius, from legio(n-), from legere ‘choose, levy’. The adjective dates from the late 17th cent., in early use often in the phrase my, their, etc. name is legion, i.e. ‘we, they, etc. are many’ (Mark 5:9).
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