foreign legion
foreign legion · foreign legions
A military unit of one country that is composed of volunteers from another countryA military unit of one country that is composed of volunteers from another country.
» He enlisted in the Foreign Legion.
Er trat in die Fremdenlegion ein.
Meaning
1 sensesA military unit of one country that is composed of volunteers from another country.
a military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state
Examples
2 sentencesHe enlisted in the Foreign Legion.
deEr trat in die Fremdenlegion ein.
The Foreign Legion committed horrible crimes in Algeria.
Translations
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