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sublegion

sublegion noun: a subdivision of a legion.

Noun

sublegion (plural sublegions)

  1. A subdivision of a legion.
    • The Legion of the United States was to consist of four sublegions of 1,280 men each, commanded by brigadier generals.1967, Russell Frank Weigley, History of the United States Army, page 92
    • Proposed as sublegion; ranked as infralegion by Chow & Rich, 1982:129; changed to rank of order by McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993:742.1997, Malcolm C. McKenna, Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level

Forms of sublegion

pluralsublegions

Origin of sublegion

From sub- + legion.

Questions about sublegion

What does sublegion mean?
Sublegion means a subdivision of a legion.
What part of speech is sublegion?
Sublegion is a noun.
What is the plural of sublegion?
The plural of sublegion is sublegions.

Words near sublegion in the dictionary

  1. subledger
  2. subledgers
  3. sublegal
  4. sublegend
  5. sublegends
  6. sublegion
  7. sublegions
  8. sublemma
  9. sublemmal
  10. sublemmas
  11. sublemmata

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