legion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: legion	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for legion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
legion adj amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times"; "the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion" Synonym(s): numerous, legion(p) n archaic terms for army Synonym(s): host, legion association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion" a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion" a vast multitude Synonym(s): horde, host, legion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legion \Le"gion\ (l[emac]"j[ucr]n), n. [OE. legioun, OF. legion, F. l[82]gion, fr. L. legio, fr. legere to gather, collect. See {Legend}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) 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) 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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Legion a regiment of the Roman army, the number of men composing which differed at different times. It originally consisted of three thousand men, but in the time of Christ consisted of six thousand, exclusive of horsemen, who were in number a tenth of the foot-men. The word is used (Matt. 26:53; Mark 5:9) to express simply a great multitude.