FOREIGN LEGION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foreign legion mean? 

• FOREIGN LEGION (noun)
  The noun FOREIGN LEGION has 1 sense:

1. a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state

  Familiarity information: FOREIGN LEGION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOREIGN LEGION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("foreign legion" is a kind of...):

legion (a large military unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foreign legion"):

French Foreign Legion (a former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France)