legionaries
- plural of legionary.
Example Sentences
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The drawing depicted a boat landing on shore with 1908 written on the side of it — the year the Rotterdam-based club was created — and with bloodied Roman legionaries cowering behind their shields.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2022
Not surprisingly, Praetorians were recruited from veteran legionaries.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
One was a slablike, Spanish-influenced religious scene of Christ mocked by Roman legionaries.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2019
It is the stories from these people that will filter back over the course of January like stories of lost Roman legionaries on the wrong side of Hadrian's Wall.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2012
The legionaries might be armed and organized in the same manner as Unsullied ... but the eunuchs knew no other life, whereas the Ghiscari were free citizens who served for three-year terms.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
