legion

中文： 军团、古罗马军团、兵团

1. The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
2. A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery, including historical units such as the British Legion, and present-day units such as the Spanish Legion and the French Foreign Legion.
3. A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
4. A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
5. A large number of people; a multitude. · Their complicated affairs are managed by a legion of accountants.
6. A great number.
7. A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class. (dated)

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