Legionär — meaning in English

English meaning

• legionary noun A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.
• mercenary noun A soldier who fights for pay rather than out of loyalty to a country or cause.

Senses

Legionär is used for these senses in English:

• legionary A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).
• mercenary A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.

legionary — full definition

1. noun A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.
2. noun A person who is neither a citizen nor colonial/imperial subject of the state whose military they join.
3. noun A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).

mercenary — full definition

1. noun A soldier who fights for pay rather than out of loyalty to a country or cause.
2. noun Someone motivated chiefly by money or personal profit.
3. adj Motivated purely by money or personal gain.

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