legionnaire

[lee-juh-nair]

noun

1. (often initial capital letter),  a member of the American Legion.

2. a member of any legion; legionary.

legionnaire

/ ˌliːdʒəˈnɛə /

noun

1. (often capital) a member of certain military forces or associations, such as the French Foreign Legion or the British Legion

Word History and Origins

Origin of legionnaire¹

From French, dating back to 1810–20; legionary

Example Sentences

Horatiu Potra, a former French legionnaire and militia chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and 20 other people were also charged.

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The singular gladiatrix is a legionnaire archer who wears a gold breastplate with overstated gilded nipples.

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The captain scoffs at the idea of five Roman legionnaires robbing an orphaned monk.

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At the Crimea pavilion, throngs of visitors pose with men dressed as Roman legionnaires next to a video boasting about the bridge connecting the peninsula, which was illegally annexed in 2014, to the Russian mainland.

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In August, authorities said Poland's domestic security agency was investigating whether an outbreak of legionnaires' disease might be the result of intentional tampering with the water system.

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