legion

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İngilizce - Türkçe
{i} lejyon

O, Yabancı Lejyonuna yazıldı. - He enlisted in the Foreign Legion.

{i} birlik
eski roma tümeni
kalabalık insan topluluğu
{i} (Tarih) (Romalılarda) lejyon
{i} kalabalık
{i} kalabalık, alay

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legion of honour
(Askeri) şeref nişanı
legion of merit
(Askeri) liyakat madalyası
legion of honor
onur lejyonu
Legion of Honor
onur nişanı (fransa)
legion of merit
(Askeri) LİYAKAT MADALYASI: A. B. D. Ordusunda; fevkalade hizmetlerin başarılmasında gösterilen üstün değerde bir harekete delalet eden ve A. B. D. personeline derecesiz, dost memleketler personeline ise dereceli olarak verilen nişan. Bu madalyanın nişan sıra numarası 5'tir
american legion
amerikan ordusu
cohort, one tenth of a legion
kohort, bir lejyonun onda biri
foreign legion
Yabancı Lejyon
american legion
amerikan lejyonu
İngilizce - İngilizce
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
Numerous; vast; very great in number; multitudinous

Russia's labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state's needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion.

A great number

Where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach. — John Rogers (1679-1729).

A large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia
(often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion, founded in 1919
The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops
A large number of people; a multitude
{n} a body of soldiers, vast number, host
numerous, vast multitude (as in his attributes are legion)
a large group of people
A legion was made up of 10 cohorts (480 men to a cohort) or 4,800 men
A legion is a large group of soldiers who form one section of an army. the Sudan-based troops of the Libyan Islamic Legion
a vast multitude
association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion"
A military force; an army; military bands
a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion" association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion
{i} unit of the Roman army consisting of 3, 000 to 6, 000 soldiers; military unit, army; multitude, mass
A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, from about four thousand to about six thousand men, the cavalry being about one tenth
– A large group of soldiers; an army
archaic terms for army
association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion
a military organization, army, regiment, (rather archaic)
an association (often of ex-servicemen)
If you say that things of a particular kind are legion, you mean that there are a great number of them. Ellie's problems are legion. very many = numerous. Military organization, originally the largest permanent unit in the Roman army. It was the basis of the military system by which imperial Rome conquered and ruled its empire. The early Roman Republic found the Greek phalanx too unwieldy for fragmented fighting in the hills and valleys of central Italy. To replace it the Romans evolved a new tactical system based on small and flexible infantry units called maniples. These were grouped in larger units called cohorts, which ranged from 360 to 600 men, depending on the era. Ten cohorts made up a legion, which moved into battle with four cohorts in the first line and three each in the second and third lines. See also Foreign Legion. American Legion Foreign Legion Legion of Honour Order of the Legion of Honour Legion of Mary Church
"a worldwide virtual computer " U Virginia object-based metasystem, aims to make "millions of hosts and trillions of data objects" appear to any user as a single computer A particular approach to making network connected resources available easily; not clear if GEM would use, or just learn lessons from them on how to do what we want to do http: //www cs virginia edu/~legion/
A group of orders inferior to a class
Distributed Programming model provides an architecture and language
A legion of people or things is a great number of them. His delightful sense of humour won him a legion of friends
a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion"
“My name is Legion: for we are many” (St Mark v 9) A (Atasözü)ial expression somewhat similar to hydraheaded Thus, speaking of the houseless poor we should say, “Their name is Legion;” so also we should say of the diseases arising from want of cleanliness, the evils of ignorance, and so on The Thundering Legion The Roman legion that discomfited the Marcomanni in 179 is so called, because (as the legend informs us) a thunderstorm was sent in answer to the prayers of certain Christians; this storm relieved the thirst of the legion In like manner a hail-storm was sent to the aid of Joshua, at the time when he commanded the sun to stay its course, and assisted the Israelites to their victory (Dion Cassius, lxxi 8 (See Joshua x 10-12 )
A great number; a multitude

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Legion of Honor
A high French civilian and military decoration, instituted in 1802
Legion of Honor
honorary society set up by Napoleon to reward those who give great service to France
Legion of Honour
officially Order of the Legion of Honour Highest-ranking order and decoration of the French republic. It was created by Napoleon in 1802 as a general military and civil order of merit. Membership is open to men and women, French citizens and foreigners, irrespective of rank, birth, or religion. Admission into the Legion requires 20 years of civil achievement in peacetime or extraordinary military bravery and service in times of war
Legion of Merit
US military decoration awarded for outstanding service
Legion of Merit
A U.S. military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services
American Legion
a national organization for former members of the US armed forces. Organization of U.S. war veterans. Founded in 1919, it works for the care of disabled and sick veterans and promotes compensation and pensions for the disabled, widows, and orphans. Nonpolitical and nonsectarian, its membership requirement is honourable service and an honourable discharge. It was instrumental in establishing veterans' hospitals, and it sponsored the creation of the U.S. Veterans Administration in 1930. In 1944 it played an important role in the passage of the GI Bill. The American Legion claims about three million members in some 15,000 local posts, or groups
British Legion
a British organization which helps people who have been in the armed forces and their families. The British Legion collects money by selling poppies for Remembrance Day
Royal British Legion
British Legion, the
american legion
the largest organization of United States war veterans
foreign legion
a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state
foreign legion
military organization consisting of volunteers from other countries
foreign legion
A unit of a nation's army consisting primarily of foreign volunteers, often tasked with fighting wars in colonies. a part of the French army that is made up of volunteers (=men who chose to join) , most of whom are not French. In the past, the Foreign Legion were used to protect French colonies in North Africa. French Légion Étrangère. French military corps consisting originally of foreigners but now including many Frenchmen. It was founded in 1831 as a highly disciplined professional army to help control French colonies in Africa. Since its founding, it has been in almost continuous combat; its forces have fought or been stationed in such places as Europe, the Crimea, Mexico, Syria, and Indochina. The new volunteer swears to serve not France but the legion; after serving one enlistment (five years) with good conduct, foreign-born soldiers are eligible for French citizenship. Since it keeps a volunteer's past secret, it has been romanticized as a haven for those seeking new identities, including criminals, but most legionnaires are professional soldiers who enjoy combat. Originally headquartered in Algeria, the legion moved its headquarters to France after Algerian independence
french foreign legion
a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France
legions
plural of legion
roman legion
a division of from 3000 to 6000 men (including cavalry) in the Roman army
legion