Middle English Dictionary Entry
leǧiọ̄nārī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | leǧiọ̄nārī adj. |
| Etymology | L legiōnārius |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Belonging to a Roman legion.
Associated quotations
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)28a : Þere ben oþere horsmen þat ben cleped legyonarius, for þey ben y-ioyned to þe legiouns.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)649 : Also ther are riders legyonaryis [L legionarii]; Thei are annexed to the legioun.