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单词 foreign legionnaire
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Foreign Legionnairen.

Brit. /ˌfɒrᵻn ˌliːdʒəˈnɛː/, /ˌfɒrn̩ ˌliːdʒəˈnɛː/, U.S. /ˌfɔrən ˌlidʒəˈnɛ(ə)r/, /ˌfɑrən ˌlidʒəˈnɛ(ə)r/
Forms: also with lower-case initials.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foreign adj., legionnaire n.
Etymology: < foreign adj. + legionnaire n., after Foreign Legion n.Compare French légionnaire étranger (1832 or earlier denoting a member of the French Foreign Legion; 1791 or earlier denoting a foreign soldier more generally).
A member of a foreign legion; spec. a member of the French Foreign Legion. See Foreign Legion n.
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1916 Brattleboro (Vermont) Daily Reformer 3 Jan. 2/3 Our aviators, ambulance drivers and foreign legionnaires cannot accomplish for France what French soldiers and sailors accomplished for America.
1930 Citizen (Gloucester) 9 Dec. 11 ‘Women Everywhere’, the story of a gun-runner's romance and adventure as a Foreign Legionnaire in Morocco.
1978 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 22 May Patrols of tough-looking Foreign Legionnaires controlled the city.
2015 K. Kwan China Rich Girlfriend ii. xvi. 245 Colette hired this security detail of ex-French Foreign Legionnaires to follow us around 24/7.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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