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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>LEGIONAR</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="legion"> Legion, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the American Legion. <DD> 2. the French Foreign Legion. </DL> <A NAME="legionary"> legionary, adjective, noun, pl. -aries.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or belonging to a legion. <DD> 2. organized as or formed of a legion or legions. <DD>noun 1. a soldier of a legion; legionnaire. <DD> 2. (British.) a member of the British Legion (a veterans' organization). </DL> <A NAME="legionaryant"> legionary ant,<DL COMPACT><DD> an army ant of North and South America. </DL> <A NAME="legioned"> legioned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> arrayed in legions. </DL> <A NAME="legionellosis"> legionellosis, noun. =legionnaires' disease. Ex. Significant also ... was the development of rapid methods for the diagnosis of legionellosis (Richard C. Tilton). </DL> <A NAME="legionnaire"> legionnaire, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of the American Legion or any other group using the title of Legion. <DD> 2. a soldier of a legion. </DL> <A NAME="legionnaires"> legionnaires' or legionnaire's disease,<DL COMPACT><DD> a serious and sometimes fatal form of pneumonia caused by bacterial infection, characterized by high fever, abdominal pain, and lung congestion. </DL> <A NAME="legionofhonor"> Legion of Honor,<DL COMPACT><DD> an honorary society founded by Napoleon in 1802. Membership is given as a reward for great services to France. </DL> <A NAME="legionofmerit"> Legion of Merit,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a military award conferred by the President on Americans and people of foreign nations, for exceptional services. </DL> <A NAME="legis"> Legis.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Legislature. </DL> <A NAME="legislate"> legislate, verb, -lated, -lating.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to make laws. Ex. Congress legislates for the United States. <DD>v.t. to force by legislation; bring about by legislation. Ex. The council legislated him out of office. </DL> <A NAME="legislation"> legislation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or process of making laws. Ex. Congress has the power of legislation. (SYN) lawmaking. <DD> 2. the laws made. Ex. Important legislation is reported in the newspaper. </DL> <A NAME="legislative"> legislative, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. having to do with making laws. Ex. legislative reforms. <DD> 2. having the duty and power of making laws. Ex. Congress is a legislative body. <DD> 3. ordered by law; made to be as it is by legislation. Ex. a legislative decree. <DD> 4. suitable to a legislature. Ex. a legislative hall. <DD>noun the branch of government which makes laws. adv. legislatively. </DL> <A NAME="legislativeassembly"> legislative assembly or Legislative Assembly,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the lower branch of the legislature in some states of the United States. <DD> 2. the bicameral legislature of certain states of the United States. </DL> <A NAME="legislativeassembly"> Legislative Assembly,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the popularly elected legislature of a Canadian province. <DD> 2. the legislature of France from 1791 to 1792, during the French Revolution. </DL> <A NAME="legislativecouncil"> legislative council,<DL COMPACT><DD> a committee of members from both houses that advises some State legislatures of the United States on all matters of law. </DL> <A NAME="legislativecouncil"> Legislative Council,<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Canada) the former upper house of the legislature of Quebec. It was abolished in 1968. </DL> <A NAME="legislativeveto"> legislative veto,<DL COMPACT><DD> a resolution passed by the legislative branch of government, used to block an action of the executive branch. Ex. The [Supreme Court's] decision striking down the "legislative veto" of executive branch action erased many of the major actions Congress took in the 1970s (Manchester Guardian). </DL> <A NAME="legislator"> legislator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes laws; member of a group that makes laws; lawmaker. Senators and representatives are legislators. </DL> <A NAME="legislatorial"> legislatorial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with a legislator or legislature. <DD> 2. functioning as a legislator or legislature. adv. legislatorially. </DL> <A NAME="legislatorship"> legislatorship, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the office or function of a legislator. </DL> <A NAME="legislatress"> legislatress, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman legislator. </DL> <A NAME="legislatrix"> legislatrix, noun. =legislatress.</DL> <A NAME="legislature"> legislature, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a group of persons that has the duty and power of making laws for a state or country. Each state of the United States has a legislature. </DL> <A NAME="legist"> legist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in law. </DL> <A NAME="legit"> legit, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD>adj. legitimate. Ex. Is it legit to draw two cards at once? I'm a legit playwright (Saturday Review). <DD>noun legitimate drama; the legitimate theater. </DL> <A NAME="legitim"> legitim, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Civil and Scots Law.) the portion of the estate of a deceased person to which his children are legally entitled. </DL> <A NAME="legitimacy"> legitimacy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fact or condition of being legitimate or lawful. </DL> <A NAME="legitimate"> legitimate, adjective, verb, -mated, -mating.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. allowed or admitted by law; rightful; lawful. Ex. a legitimate claim. <DD> 2. allowed; valid, logical, or acceptable. Ex. a legitimate conclusion. Sickness is a legitimate reason for a child's being absent from school. <DD> 3. born of parents who are married. Ex. a legitimate child. <DD> 4. conforming to accepted standards; normal; regular. Ex. legitimate business practices. <DD> 5. resting on, or ruling by, the principle of hereditary right. Ex. the legitimate title to a throne, a legitimate ruler. <DD> 6. of the legitimate theater. Ex. a legitimate playwright. <DD> 7. (Obsolete.) genuine; real. <DD>v.t. 1. to make or declare lawful. <DD> 2. to affirm or show to be legitimate; authorize or justify by word or example. Ex. Necessity legitimates my advice; for it is the only way to save our lives (Daniel Defoe). adv. legitimately. noun legitimateness. noun legitimation. </DL> <A NAME="legitimatedrama"> legitimate drama,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the body of plays of recognized merit. <DD> 2. =legitimate theater. </DL> <A NAME="legitimatestage"> legitimate stage, =legitimate theater.</DL> <A NAME="legitimatetheater"> legitimate theater,<DL COMPACT><DD> drama acted on the stage as opposed to motion pictures, vaudeville, musical comedy, and the like. </DL> <A NAME="legitimatize"> legitimatize, transitive verb, -tized, -tizing. =legitimize.</DL> <A NAME="legitimism"> legitimism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the principles or views of legitimists; support of legitimate authority, especially of a claim to a throne based on direct descent. </DL> <A NAME="legitimist"> legitimist, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a supporter of legitimate authority, especially of claims to rule based on direct descent. <DD> 2. Also, Legitimist. (In Europe in the 1800's), a member of any one of various monarchist or reactionary groups, such as the supporters of Metternich in Austria or of the Bourbons, or Hapsburgs. <DD>adj. of or having to do with legitimists; expressing the views of legitimists. </DL> <A NAME="legitimize"> legitimize, transitive verb, -mized, -mizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make or declare to be legitimate. Ex. The notary's stamp legitimized the deed. noun legitimization. </DL> <A NAME="legless"> legless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no legs; without legs. noun leglessness. </DL> <A NAME="legman"> legman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a newspaper reporter who gathers information by going to the scene of the news. Ex. Where editors once sent legmen out chasing ambulances ... some of them are sending their best men out to dig up the background to the news (Maclean's). <DD> 2. a person who delivers messages, gathers information, or does other legwork. Ex. He was an older attorney's legman (Time). </DL> <A NAME="legofmutton"> leg-of-mutton, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the shape of a leg of mutton; wide at one end and narrow at the other. Ex. a leg-of-mutton sleeve. </DL> <A NAME="legofmuttonsail"> leg-of-mutton sail,<DL COMPACT><DD> triangular sail with its head at the masthead, and not set on a gaff or yard. </DL> <A NAME="legomutton"> leg-o'-mutton, adjective. =leg-of-mutton.</DL> <A NAME="legong"> legong or Legong, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a classical Balinese dance which tells a story. The dance is performed by two or three small girls. </DL> <A NAME="legpull"> leg-pull, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) an act of fooling, tricking, or ridiculing; hoax; practical joke. Ex. He found it hard to persuade them that his call for help was not another leg-pull (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="legpuller"> leg-puller, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a person who engages in leg-pulling. </DL> <A NAME="legpulling"> leg-pulling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) the act or practice of fooling, tricking, or ridiculing. </DL> <A NAME="legroom"> legroom, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> enough space to extend one's legs when seated, especially in an automobile, airplane, or the like. </DL> <A NAME="legs"> legs, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under leg. </DL> <A NAME="legstump"> leg stump,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Cricket.) the stump nearest the batsman. </DL> <A HREF="legume.dic">NEXT</A>