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legionary (iou) and Prester John (iou)


legionary (iou)



legionary adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin legionarius, from legio(n-): see LEGION, -ARY1.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to a legion. LME.
Constituting or consisting of a legion or legions. M17.
b. noun.
A soldier of a legion; a member of a legion. L16
A member of the Legion of Honour. E19.

Prester John (iou)



Prester John noun. ME.
[Old French prestre Jehan (mod. pretre-Jean), medieval Latin presbyter Johannes 'priest John'.]
A legendary Christian priest and king, believed in the Middle Ages to reign in the extreme east and later generally identified with the King of Ethiopia.