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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

At the barricaded Jaffa Gate, a pair of Arab Legion sentries stuff hands in pockets against the chill, and a radio blares a newscast.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It means," he said, "that the Arab Legion is going to be reinforced tomorrow morning by a full regiment of paratroopers."

From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Mack Reynolds

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