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Arab Legion

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noun

  1. a police force (1920–56) under British supervision, responsible for keeping order among desert tribesmen in Trans-Jordan.


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Another international touch in Sert: it is thought to have become the home to possibly of thousands of retired mercenaries from Chad, part of the Islamic Arab Legion Gaddafi funded in 1980s, according to McGregor.

From Time • Mar. 4, 2011

Arriving at the Sea itself, you find two or three simple buildings, where a British officer of the Arab Legion presides over the “Dead Sea Fleet.”

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955

The Arabs, under Brigadier Glubb, formerly of the British Army but now ranking as an officer of the Arab Legion, immediately began to shell the ancient Jewish quarter, which was isolated in the Old City.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955

The national thrill that Jordan got three months ago by expelling Britain's longtime commander of Jordan's crack Arab Legion, Glubb Pasha, had spent itself.

From Time Magazine Archive

He's considered one of the best men in the Arab Legion.

From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack