legions

noun

1. 1

   The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

2. 2

   A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery

3. 3

   A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.

4. 4

   (often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.

5. 5

   A large number of people; a multitude.

6. 6

   (often plural) A great number.

7. 7

   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.