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/ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi/ · noun
(military, Ancient Rome) A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army..
Suddenly, [...] he saw all this as romantic — the last legionary, his aloneness, the lost cause really lost — and instinctively he pulled in his paunch, stroked down his hair to cover the naked part of the scalp, and wiped the sweat off his cheeks.
a legionary force
1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica (aka, Vulgar Errours), Google Books Unto whom (what is deplorable in men and Christians) too many applying themselves, betwixt jest and earnest, betray the cause of truth, and insensibly make up the legionary body of error.
Use legionary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Legionary means (military, Ancient Rome) A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army..
Common synonyms include legionnaire.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Suddenly, [...] he saw all this as romantic — the last legionary, his aloneness, the lost cause really lost — and instinctively he pulled in his paunch, stroked down his hair to cover the naked part of the scalp, and wiped the sweat off his cheeks.
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