Legionary

/ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi/

Synonyms for "legionary" (32 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Noun(2 words)
air servicemanamazonbravecannon fodderfighting man

Strong matches (9)

food for powderhalberdierhopliteman-at-armsmilitary man
Noun(4 words)
legionnairesmilitarymilitary membermost roman soldierly

Related words (16)

Noun(5 words)
romanroman soldierroman soldier lifesoldierwarrior
Adjective(2 words)
roman soldier gearroman soldiers

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries
historical descriptormilitary personnelmilitary termservice membersoldier

More specific

7 entries
Roman legionauxiliary legioncenturionforeign legionnaireimperial legionoptioregular legionary

Collocations

12 entries
Roman legionaryancient Roman soldierdesert traininggladius bearerlegionary armorlegionary camplegionary helmetlegionary lifelegionary standardlegionary tacticsmilitary disciplinescutum bearer

Inflections

3 entries
legionariesmore legionarymost legionary

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Suddenly, [...] he saw all this as romantic — the last legionary, his aloneness, the lost cause really lost — and instinctively he pulled in his paunch, stroked down his hair to cover the naked part of the scalp, and wiped the sweat off his cheeks.

Source: wiktionary

a legionary force

Source: wiktionary

1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica (aka, Vulgar Errours), Google Books Unto whom (what is deplorable in men and Christians) too many applying themselves, betwixt jest and earnest, betray the cause of truth, and insensibly make up the legionary body of error.

Source: wiktionary

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