legend
/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/ noun B2- The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
- A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events. · The legend of Troy was discovered to have a historical basis.
- A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain. · the legend of Robin Hood
- A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree. · The 1984 Rose Bowl prank has spawned many legends. Here's the real story.
- A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records. · According to his legend, he once worked for the Red Cross, spreading humanitarian aid in Africa.
- Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
- A leading protagonist in a historical legend. · Achilles is a legend in Greek culture.
- A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments. · Michael Jordan stands as a legend in basketball.· Sachin Tendulkar stands as a legend in cricket.
Plural legends
From the library
I shall be expecting you, and if you fail to come, I shall think—for how do I know to the contrary?—that this house, which has remained uninhabited for twenty years, must have some gloomy tradition or dreadful legend connected with it.”
This gloomy fortress, which has for more than three hundred years furnished food for so many wild legends, seemed to Dantès like a scaffold to a malefactor.
EVERY MAN, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck all bag in front full of his neighbors’ faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults.
He could only suppose that the legend upon the placard had some reference to this secret society.
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