French Foreign Legion

British  

noun

1. a unit of the French Army formerly serving esp in French North African colonies. It is largely recruited from foreigners, with French senior officers

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French Foreign Legion

When he heard about a supposed job with the French Foreign Legion offering $3,000 a month, he signed up, imaging a future guarding dignitaries or assisting in peacekeeping missions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025

I had met the ex-mercenary in Romania's capital, Bucharest, where I had gone to investigate Asociatia RALF, which a group of UN experts say is a Romanian enterprise with "ex-Romanians from the French Foreign Legion".

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025

He says he served in the French Foreign Legion, most recently in Ukraine, and that technology and artificial intelligence could be used to combat crime.

From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2023

Throughout “The Prose of the Trans-Siberian” are intimations of war, and a year after its publication the Swiss poet had signed up for the French Foreign Legion.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

To be as thirsty as I was, you'd have to be in the French Foreign Legion and lost somewhere out in the Sahara for a week.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt