Crossword clues for legionary
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Legionary \Le"gion*a*ry\ (l[=e]"j[u^]n*[asl]*r[y^]), n.; pl.
Legionaries (-r[i^]z).
A member of a legion.
--Milton.
Legionary \Le"gion*a*ry\ (-[asl]*r[y^]), a. [L. legionarius: cf.
F. l['e]gionnaire.]
Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or
of an indefinitely great number; as, legionary soldiers; a
legionary force. ``The legionary body of error.''
--Sir T.
Browne.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Relating to, or consisting of a legion or legions. 2 Containing a great number. n. 1 (context military Ancient Rome English) A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20army. 2 A member of a legion, such as the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20Foreign%20Legion).
WordNet
n. a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) [syn: legionnaire]
Wikipedia
The Roman legionary ( Latin: legionarius, pl. legionarii) was a professional heavy infantryman of the Roman army after the Marian reforms. Legionaries had to be Roman citizens under the age of 45. They enlisted in a legion for twenty-five years of service, a change from the early practice of enlisting only for a campaign. The last five years were on veteran lighter duties.
Usage examples of "legionary".
Clodius Afer gruffly ordered the accompanying legionaries, but he himself angled toward the fountain.
I immediately dispatched a messenger, riding at full tilt, conveying to Zeno my hearty thanks and my auths of loyalty, and asking him to send legionaries to relieve me of my stewardship of Singidunum.
Lots of running around the palace and the grounds whooping, talks with the legionaries Caesar used to police those grounds, stories of mighty battles in Gaul of the Long-hairs, and a side to Caesar he had not suspected.
If any of the legionaries were permitted to return from the Italian expedition, their faithful report of the court and character of Honorius must have tended to dissolve the bonds of allegiance, and to exasperate the seditious temper of the British army.
Yezda surge almost sent Marcus hurrying back with his maniple to relieve the pressure on the rest of the legionaries, but Gaius Philippus and Gagik Bagratouni battled the nomads to a standstill.
Here, of course, was what Commander Maron had meant by the deadliest danger a legionary could face.
As the other two legionaries also rose to stand over him, Maron reached into her tunic pocket and drew out a light metal chain.
When a missile crashed down into the ranked and filed legionaries, that orderly formation exploded like the sparks, into a disorderly spray of dodging men.
Marcus Ostorius Scapula, true to his heritage, set himself at the head of his remaining hundred legionaries.
Governor Scapula that the acting prefect of the Ala Prima Thracum believes that his men can make a crossing of the river and hold it so that the legionaries will be able to cross downstream of our horses.
On the enemy side, Scapula was surrounded by a century of legionaries and could not be approached.
Even when a legionary came, riding with a signum indutiae and with Bishop John riding beside him, I still would not have known which way to wager.
Adiutrix, and achieved the final subjugation of Wales and the first conquest of Yorkshire, where a legionary fortress at York was substituted for that at Lincoln.
But, undismayed, the Legionaries armed themselves, girt on their war-gear and, cool-disciplined under fire, waited the order to leap into the sea.
Legionaries from the right flank were climbing over the low earthen wall, unresisted by those within.