legionary
/lee-juh-ner-ee/US // ˈli dʒəˌnɛr i //UK // (ˈliːdʒənərɪ) //
军团,军团成员,军团式,大军团
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
- : constituting a legion or legions.
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural le·gion·ar·ies.
- : History/Historical. a soldier of a Roman legion.
- : a member of the British Legion.
- : legionnaire.
Examples
For two days he had faced death, fighting like a legionary or a knight-errant, and in short playing the hero.
In that abject figure you look in vain for the dash of Thracian blood, or seek the descendant of the Roman legionary.
In 391, the people arrogated the right of appointing a part of the legionary tribunes, previously chosen by the consuls.
My staff struck hard and square on the helmet of a legionary, who, falling backward, dragged down with him the soldier behind.
Winslows legionary brigade was organized in 1799, just as the war scare subsided.
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