legionary Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
    legionnaire.

WordNet

Le"gion*a*ry adjective
Etymology
L.legionarius: cf. F. légionnaire.
Definitions
  1. Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or of an indefinitely great number; as, legionary soldiers; a legionary force. "The legionary body of error." Sir T. Browne.
Le"gion*a*ry noun
Wordforms
plural Legionaries
Definitions
  1. A member of a legion. Milton.

Webster 1913