Legionary

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

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.”

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