legionnaire
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It was a heady trophy for a 13-year-old, presented to me at graduation by a rumpled legionnaire in a garrison cap decorated with military pins.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
“Lady Killer” stars the leonine Jean Gabin as Lucien, a womanizing legionnaire.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023
Coup leader Mamady Doumbouya, a former French legionnaire, has pledged to install a unified, transitional government but has not said when or how that will happen.
From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2021
And although they don’t get a lot of screen time, Caine’s legionnaire comrades are an entertaining crew.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2015
The legionnaire riding him slides to the ground, landing on his feet as the beast rears beside him.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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