A Quick and Simple Dictionary

legion

1. Adjective.  Numerous; vast; very great in number; multitudinous.
2. Noun.  (historical) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
3. Noun.  A large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
4. Noun.  (often '''Legion''' or '''the Legion''') A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion, founded in 1919.
5. Noun.  A large number of people; a multitude.
6. Noun.  (often plural) A great number.
7. Noun.  (dated, taxonomy) 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.