legionnaire
Roman army infantryman
A legionnaire is a member of a legion—historically a soldier in the Roman army, now typically a member of the French Foreign Legion or the American Legion.
The word carries associations of professional soldiering and military discipline: The legionnaires marched through the desert heat.
Legionnaires' disease, a severe form of pneumonia, was named after an outbreak at an American Legion convention in 1976.
Roman army officer
- gladiusRoman infantry blade
- pilumRoman military throwing spear
- aquilaDisplayed heraldic raptor
- testudoRoman protective shield array
cohort · tribune · consul · praetor · Pax Romana · aqueduct · Latin · Caesar
Mid-sized military unit
- infantryGround combat troops
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- brigadeLarge military unit
- divisionSplitting into parts
corps · platoon · barracks · drill · formation · march · deployment · garrison
Flat-topped visored military cap
- desertTo leave behind completely
- North AfricaContinent's Mediterranean coastal region
- mercenarySoldier fighting for pay
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
Algeria · paratrooper · commando · outpost · fortress · oath · anonymity · enlistment
Infected, inflamed lung tissue
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- cooling towerStructure for shedding process heat
- water systemInfrastructure delivering potable liquid
bacteria · infection · fever · respiratory · epidemic · CDC · ventilation · airborne
centurion
Roman army officer
testudo · cohort · tribune · consul · praetor · Pax Romana · aqueduct · Latin · Caesar · Augustus
battalion
Mid-sized military unit
division · corps · platoon · barracks · drill · formation · march · deployment · garrison · fortification
kepi
Flat-topped visored military cap
- desertTo leave behind completely
- North AfricaContinent's Mediterranean coastal region
- mercenarySoldier fighting for pay
expatriate · Algeria · paratrooper · commando · outpost · fortress · oath · anonymity · enlistment
pneumonia
Infected, inflamed lung tissue
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- cooling towerStructure for shedding process heat
water system · bacteria · infection · fever · respiratory · epidemic · CDC · ventilation · airborne · diagnosis
service
Aid or maintenance
medals · honors · sacrifice · battle-scarred · retired · pensioner · decoration · heroism · wounded · armistice
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- combatantssoldier, warrior, fighter, swordsman, spearman
- historical rolesking, queen, emperor, knight, peasant
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- military rolessoldier, warrior, Praetorian Guard, sailor, Imperial Guard
- soldiersinfantryman, private, grenadier, grenadiers, fusilier
legionnairecivilian
Non-military person
noncombatant · pacifist · conscientious objector · bystander · private citizen
- legionnaires' diseaseBacterial pneumonia from water systems
- Legionnaires diseaseBacterial lung infection from water