legionnaire

noun

ˌlē-jə-ˈner How to pronounce legionnaire (audio)
Definition of legionnairenext
as in soldier
a person engaged in military service the legionnaires are well respected for their fighting prowess

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Recent Examples of legionnaire The deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem continues to spread, forcing residents to be hyper-vigilant and on the look-out for the flu-like symptoms associated with the illness. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025 From Roman legionnaires to Napoleon’s troops, many armies have occupied Aragonese over the years. — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2025 Another suggests the cache could be war spoils of Czechoslovak legionnaires. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 20 May 2025 The second, that it was named after a maiden who showed some weary legionnaires the way to the mountain spring. — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legionnaire
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legionnaire
  1. soldier
  2. warrior
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  • This is my personal version of those videos of soldiers coming home from war, and the other women react as such.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
  • An older man was carefully helped off one helicopter, while a soldier carried an older woman on his back to a medical tent.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of soldier
Noun
  • Few character intros in movie history are better than Indiana Jones snagging that golden idol before being promptly chased by a giant boulder and a tribe of blowdart-wielding warriors.
    — Frank DeRuggiero, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • His step no longer looked assured, his body appeared stiff and his warrior mentality finally breached.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of warrior

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“Legionnaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legionnaire. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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