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legend

Definition for legend

noun as in story of the past, often fictitious

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fable, fiction, folklore, lore, myth, mythology, tale, tradition

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narrative, saga

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folk story, folk tale, mythos

noun as in brief description in document

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cipher, code, device, epigraph, epitaph, head, heading, inscription, key, motto, rubric, table, underline

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According to the Alchemist, he was introduced to them when they were already legends.

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Nearly 250 years later, as we continue to debate what the Founders intended, we may find at times that we’ve been led astray by legend, hornswoggled by hand-me-down history.

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According to legend, Noah concealed these tablets there before the flood.

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The former chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns, and a Wall Street legend, Greenberg still kept an office at the firm and acted as a broker for a handful of presumably special investors.

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When her death was announced by her children, Queen Camilla described the author as "a legend".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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