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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. 1
    • : of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
    • : constituting a legion or legions.
n.名词 noun
  1. 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.