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LEGIONARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does legionary mean?
• LEGIONARY (noun)
The noun LEGIONARY has 1 sense:
1. a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
Familiarity information: LEGIONARY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
legionary; legionnaire
Hypernyms ("legionary" is a kind of...):
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
Domain region:
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Holonyms ("legionary" is a member of...):
legion (a large military unit)
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