legion
noun
[ ˈliːdʒ(ə)n ]
• a division of 3,000–6,000 men, including a complement of cavalry, in the ancient Roman army.
Similar:
brigade,
regiment,
battalion,
company,
troop,
division,
squadron,
squad,
platoon,
contingent,
unit,
force,
corps,
garrison,
section,
group,
detachment,
commando,
battery,
band,
outfit,
cohort,
• a vast number of people or things.
• "legions of photographers and TV cameras"
Similar:
horde,
host,
throng,
multitude,
crowd,
drove,
mass,
mob,
rabble,
gang,
swarm,
flock,
herd,
body,
pack,
score,
mountain,
army,
sea,
abundance,
profusion,
legion
adjective
• great in number.
• "her fans are legion"
Similar:
numerous,
countless,
innumerable,
incalculable,
immeasurable,
untold,
endless,
limitless,
boundless,
myriad,
many,
abundant,
plentiful,
thick on the ground,
umpteen,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin legio(n- ), from legere ‘choose, levy’. The adjective dates from the late 17th century, in early use often in the phrase my, their, etc. name is legion, i.e. ‘we, they, etc. are many’ (Mark 5:9).
