legionary
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- noun
- /ˈliːdʒəˌnɛri/
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legionario
- Such was the way of life and death for a legionary in the Roman army.
- Roman legionaries
They get Roman citizenship and their kids then tend to become Roman legionaries.
- They get Roman citizenship and their kids then tend to become Roman legionaries.
- In terms of pay, Augustus established the Praetorian rate as double that of legionaries.
Examples
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Their families might have settled near the forts, similar to the families of Roman legionaries along the frontiers.
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Each legionary wore a distinctive uniform that represented their unit within the army.
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Twenty as a legionary... teaches you to be ready for the day.
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Pricey wine for a legionary.
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Roman legionaries fraternizing with the natives...
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A third-century Roman legionary who was born in Thebes in Upper Egypt, Maurice was martyred in what is today Switzerland for refusing to massacre Christians for the Roman Empire.
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It was believed that Nimes had been peopled by Augustus's legionaries, to whom he had given the land in gratitude for their victory over Antony and Cleopatra on the Nile.
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Many stories of bravery are shared about legionaries who fought for the Roman Empire.
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The training camp was filled with new legionaries preparing for their first deployment.
Synonyms
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8.1
A soldier who serves in the French Foreign Legion
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Legionary comes from the Latin root legio, which means 'army' and is the same root as the familiar word legion for a large group of soldiers. So a legionary is simply someone who belongs to a legion, which explains its modern meaning as a soldier in a special army unit.