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legion

adjective as in numerous

noun as in mass, force of people

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Example Sentences

Oprah, when she came, found a legion of her fans on its doorstep.

We will see some surprising groups, maybe a legion of them, face the Six.

First, in his opening remarks yesterday, the pontiff towed a much more conservative line than his legion of new fans might expect.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl reportedly tried to join the Legion before enlisting in the U.S. Army.

That will be a harder claim to make after today: its soccer team is a doughty legion.

He was, for this reason, at once elected lieutenant-colonel of the volunteer legion of the Pyrenees.

This weakened the defence of the land against the northern tribes, as the legion never returned.

She constantly wore on her breast the cross of chevalier of the Legion of Honor conferred on her husband by the Emperor.

Western gamblers are legion—a reckless, money-plunging, romantic and venturesome yet an admittedly square-shooting clan.

He was also made chevalier of nearly all the orders in Italy, and member of the Legion of Honour.

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On this page you'll find 73 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to legion, such as: myriad, countless, many, multifarious, multitudinal, and multitudinous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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