legionary
adjective
of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
legionaries
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pluralof legionary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
I watched as one of them, a young man wearing an Army-green football T-shirt that said “Support Our Troops,” propositioned a group of legionaries.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
Not surprisingly, Praetorians were recruited from veteran legionaries.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Rome’s legionaries lodged a ribbon of limestone across Britannia’s north, they cared little if Scottish shepherds ambled south with their sheep or hopped Hadrian’s Wall.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 27, 2019
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
