(n) the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease, Syn. legionella

legionnaire

(n) a member of the American Legion

legionnaire

(n) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion), Syn. legionary

legionnaires' disease

(n) acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976; characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache and chills and a dry cough

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Legion

n. [ OE. legioun, OF. legion, F. légion, fr. L. legio, fr. legere to gather, collect. See Legend. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A military force; an army; military bands. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A great number; a multitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where one sin has entered, legions will force their way through the same breach. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class. [ 1913 Webster ]

Legion of honor, an order instituted by the French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military. [ 1913 Webster ]

Legionary

a. [ L. legionarius: cf. F. légionnaire. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Legionary

n.; pl. Legionaries A member of a legion. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Legioned

a. Formed into a legion or legions; legionary. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Legionry

n. A body of legions; legions, collectively. [ R. ] Pollok. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

军团杆菌

[军团杆菌 / 軍團桿菌, jūn tuán gǎn jūn] legionella bacteria

军团菌病

[军团菌病 / 軍團菌病, jūn tuán jūn bìng] legionnaires' disease

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

フランス外人部隊

[フランスがいじんぶたい, furansu gaijinbutai] (n) French Foreign Legion

レジオネラ菌

[レジオネラきん, rejionera kin] (n) Legionella pneumophila (bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease)

レジオネラ症

[レジオネラしょう, rejionera shou] (n) Legionnaire's disease

レジオンドヌール

[rejiondonu-ru] (n) Legion d'honneur (fre

外人部隊

[がいじんぶたい, gaijinbutai] (n) Foreign Legion

在郷軍人会

[ざいごうぐんじんかい, zaigougunjinkai] (n) association of veterans; the American Legion

在郷軍人病

[ざいごうぐんじんびょう, zaigougunjinbyou] (n) Legionnaires' disease

天竜八部衆;天龍八部衆

[てんりゅうはちぶしゅう, tenryuuhachibushuu] (n) { Buddh } the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

八部

[はちぶ, hachibu] (n) (abbr) { Buddh } (See 八部衆) the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

八部衆

[はちぶしゅう, hachibushuu] (n) { Buddh } the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Legion { f }

legion

Legionär { m } | Legionäre { pl }

legionnaire | legionaries

Legionärskrankheit { f }

Legionnaire's disease

Legionssoldat { m }

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