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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. 2. A military force; an army; military bands. 3. A great number;

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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. 2. A military force; an army; military bands. 3. A great number; a multitude. Where one sin has entered,legions will force their way through the same breach. Rogers.

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  • TROOPSHIP
    A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport.
  • NUMBERFUL
    Numerous.
  • LEGIONARY
    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.
  • PROFUSION
    1. The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting. Thy vast profusion to the factious nobles Rowe. 2. Abundance; exuberant plenty; lavish supply; as, a profusion of commodities. Addison.
  • PLURALITY
    See PLURALITY (more info) 1. The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.
  • NUMBERLESS
    Innumerable; countless.
  • MULTITUDE
    1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. Matt. ix. 36. 2. A great number of persons or things, regarded
  • LEGIONED
    Formed into a legion or legions; legionary. Shelley.
  • PHALANX
    A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. "In cubic phalanx firm advanced." Milton. The Grecian
  • LEGION
    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. 2. A military force; an army; military bands. 3. A great number;
  • SOLDIERSHIP
    Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier. Shak.
  • NUMBER
    The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of
  • NUMBERS
    of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.
  • MILITARY
    1. Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown. Nor do I, as an enemy to peace,
  • NUMBERER
    One who numbers.
  • LEGIONRY
    A body of legions; legions, collectively. Pollok.
  • SOLDIERY
    1. A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military. A camp of faithful soldiery. Milton. 2. Military service. Sir P. Sidney.
  • COLLECTION
    1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens. 2. That which is collected; as: A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons. "A collection of letters." Macaulay. A gathering of money for charitable
  • COLLECTIONAL
    Of or pertaining to collecting. The first twenty-five must have been wasted for collectional purposes. H. A. Merewether.
  • NUMBEROUS
    Numerous. Drant.
  • OUTNUMBER
    To exceed in number.
  • MISRECOLLECTION
    Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.
  • OVERMULTITUDE
    To outnumber.
  • ANTENUMBER
    A number that precedes another. Bacon.
  • MISNUMBER
    To number wrongly.
  • RECOLLECTION
    1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance. 2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which

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