legionnaire
pronunciation
How to pronounce legionnaire in British English:
UK [ˌli:dʒəˈneə(r)]
How to pronounce legionnaire in American English:
US [ˌlidʒəˈner]
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- Noun:
- a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion)
Word Origin
- legionnaire (n.)
- 1818, from French légionnaire, from légion (see legion). Legionnaires' Disease, caused by Legionella pneumophilia, was named after the lethal outbreak of July 1976 at the American Legion convention in Philadelphia's Bellevue Stratford Hotel. Hence Legionella as the name of the bacterium that causes it.
Example
- 1. You 're from the future ? You 're a legionnaire ?
- 2. And the fact that legionnaire 's is helping you .
- 3. When activated , the legionnaire becomes immune to damage or knockdown effects for a moderate time .
- 4. Legionnaire 's explains the chills and temperature .
- 5. Isn 't it late to be playing legionnaire ?