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Proper Noun

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Adjective

The word "legion" can be used as noun, verb, proper noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

army army group battalion brigade brigade combat team combat team company corps division fireteam platoon regiment regimental combat team section squad troop wing

Derived Terms

Legionella Legionnaire Legionnaires' disease foreign legion infralegion legionella legionry sublegion superlegion

Etymologically Related To

lecture legend

Context

ancient rome military taxonomy us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

army association concourse force ground forces military force military group military unit multitude regular army throng

Type Of (IsA)

association military unit

Parts (Meronyms)

century cohort maniple

Related Terms

legionary legionnaire

Related Terms

army artillery association cavalry class combined arms great infantry legionary legionnaire military militia multitude number numerous order people regiment semi servicemen unit vast

Similar Terms

combat team fireteam many

Synonym Network

horde host numerous

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.