legion
Kelime Anlamı :
1. birlik.
2. lejyon.
3. kalabalık.
4. kalabalık, alay.
5. (Tarih) (Romalılarda) lejyon.
6. eski roma tümeni.
7. çok sayıda.
Tanımlar :
1.
the major unit of the roman army consisting of 3,000 to 6,000 infantry troops and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
2. A large military unit trained for combat; an army.
3. A large number; a multitude. see synonyms at multitude.
4. A national organization of former members of the armed forces.
5. constituting a large number; multitudinous: her admirers were legion. his mistakes were legion.
2. A large military unit trained for combat; an army.
3. A large number; a multitude. see synonyms at multitude.
4. A national organization of former members of the armed forces.
5. constituting a large number; multitudinous: her admirers were legion. his mistakes were legion.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
numerous; vast; very great in number; multitudinous.
2. the major unit or division of the roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
3. A large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
4. A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the american legion, founded in 1919.
5. A large number of people; a multitude.
6. A great number.
7. A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
2. the major unit or division of the roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
3. A large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
4. A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the american legion, founded in 1919.
5. A large number of people; a multitude.
6. A great number.
7. A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
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.
4. A group of orders inferior to a class.
2. A military force; an army; military bands.
3. A great number; a multitude.
4. A group of orders inferior to a class.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
to enroll or form into a legion.
2. in roman antiquity, a body of infantry not corresponding exactly to either the regiment or the army-corps of modern times, composed of different numbers of men at different periods, from 3,000 under the kings to over 6,000 under Marius, usually combined with a considerable proportion of cavalry.
3. in french history, one of numerous military bodies so called at different periods.
4. any distinct military force or organization comparable to the roman legion.
5. an extraordinary number; a great multitude.
6. in zoology, a large group or series of animals, of indeterminate taxonomic rank, but generally of high grade.
2. in roman antiquity, a body of infantry not corresponding exactly to either the regiment or the army-corps of modern times, composed of different numbers of men at different periods, from 3,000 under the kings to over 6,000 under Marius, usually combined with a considerable proportion of cavalry.
3. in french history, one of numerous military bodies so called at different periods.
4. any distinct military force or organization comparable to the roman legion.
5. an extraordinary number; a great multitude.
6. in zoology, a large group or series of animals, of indeterminate taxonomic rank, but generally of high grade.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia