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# legionary

noun (a legionary, legionaries); adjective (legionary)

«legionary» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A legionary was a soldier in a legion, a large unit of the ancient Roman army. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legionary/#m1)
2. Legionary as an adjective means to do with a legion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legionary/#m2)

### In the lessons

Met in history lessons about the Romans and Roman Britain: legionaries built roads, forts and Hadrian's Wall. Stories show them with a shield, helmet and short sword.

### Examples

- A Roman legionary carried a heavy pack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legionary/#x1)
- Legionaries built Hadrian's Wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legionary/#x2)
- Each legionary had a shield called a scutum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legionary/#x3)
- The legionaries marched about 30 kilometres a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legionary/#x4)
- We dressed up as Roman legionaries for history day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legionary/#x5)
- A legionary served in the army for about 25 years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legionary/#x6)

### Note

Plural: legionaries (y changes to ies). A legion had about 5,000 legionaries. Do not mix up «legionary» with «legendary» (very famous).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «legionary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legionary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«legionary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/legionary.html) on Mova free.