1 a large group of soldiers that forms part of an army, especially the one that existed in ancient Rome:
the French Foreign Legion * Caesar's legions
2 (formal) a large number of people of one particular type:
legions of photographers
adjective [notbeforenoun] (formal) very many:
The medical uses of herbs are legion.
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