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Meaning of Legionary | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi

Definitions

  1. a member of the Legion of Christ, a Roman Catholic religious institute
  2. A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.
    Ancient-Rome
  3. A person who is neither a citizen nor colonial/imperial subject of the state whose military they join.
  4. A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).

Equivalents

العربية عضو الفيلق
Čeština legionář
Deutsch Legionär
Ελληνικά λεγεωνάριος
Español legionario
Français légionnaire
Magyar légionista
Italiano legionario
Қазақша легионер
Македонски легионер
Nederlands legionair
Polski legionista
Português legionário
Română legionar
Русский легионер
Српски legionar легионар
Svenska legionär
Українська легіонер

Examples

“Suddenly, [...] he saw all this as romantic — the last legionary, his aloneness, the lost cause really lost — and instinctively he pulled in his paunch, stroked down his hair to cover the naked part of the scalp, and wiped the sweat off his cheeks.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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