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legionnaire(dictionary)
legionnaire's disease(medicine)
Disease, Legionnaire(health)
Legionnaire disease(health)
Legionnaire disease(encyclopedia)
legionnaire's disease(dictionary)

legionnaire (iou)



legionnaire noun. Also legionaire. E19.
[French legionnaire, from legion LEGION noun.]
A member of a legion; esp. (usu. Legionnaire) a member of a named legion, as the American Legion, the Royal British Legion, or the French Foreign Legion.
legionnaires' disease [from an outbreak at a convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia in 1976] a severe form of bacterial pneumonia (often accompanied by mental confusion) caused by Legionella pneumophila and associated esp. with infected water systems in buildings.