legions

• armies
• arrays
• battalions
• bikes
• crams
• crowds
• crushes
• droves
• flocks
• gaggles
• heaps
• herds
• hordes
• hosts
• infantries
• jams
• logjams
• masses
• militias
• millions
• mobs
• mountains
• multitudes
• national guards
• piles
• presses
• rabblements
• rabbles
• ranks
• regulars
• riffraffs
• routs
• scrums
• soldiers
• standing armies
• swarms
• throngs
• troopers
• troops

• noun
  1. The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.
  2. A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery.
  3. A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
  4. (often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
  5. A large number of people; a multitude.
  6. (often plural) A great number.
  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.

• The Roman army was composed of several legions trained for conquest.
• He inspired legions of fans with his powerful voice and charisma.
• Throughout history, empires have risen and fallen with their legions.
• The emperor summoned his legions to defend the capital.
• Her books have earned her legions of devoted readers worldwide.

kazillions

packs

quantities

wads

yards

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