Legion and Unit

Legion

Legion noun - A large body of men and women organized for land warfare.

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Unit and legion are semantically related in brigade topic. In some cases you can use "Unit" instead a noun "Legion".

Nearby Words: legation, legionary

Unit noun - A single undivided whole.

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Legion and unit are semantically related in detachment topic. Sometimes you can use "Legion" instead a noun "Unit".

Nearby Word: unitary

old	old legion	old unit
female	female legion	female unit
full	full legion	full unit
particular	particular legion	particular unit
Other adjectives: complete, regular, average, original, single, small, powerful, entire, large, main, new, experimental, titular, last, different, slowest, strongest.

Also played with in Valkyria Chronicles III, where your unit is a black-ops penal legion.

Source: Elites Are More Glamorous
Casting this on the right unit, such as the slow but hard-hitting Saurus, can transform the target into a legion of game-breakers for one turn.

Source: Time Master
They were originally formed as a unit similar to the French Foreign Legion but their client reneged on his end of the bargain and they ended up freelance mercenaries.

Source: Literature / Hammer's Slammers

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