Foreign Legion, theˌForeign ˈLegion, the 
a part of the French army that is made up of volunteers (=men who chose to join), most of whom are not French. They were formerly used to protect French colonies (colony ) in North Africa, and they are thought of as working in severe and difficult conditions, often in the desert. There is a joke that men join the Foreign Legion in order to forget women with whom they have had unhappy love affairs.
a part of the French army that is made up of volunteers (=men who chose to join), most of whom are not French. They were formerly used to protect French colonies (colony ) in North Africa, and they are thought of as working in severe and difficult conditions, often in the desert. There is a joke that men join the Foreign Legion in order to forget women with whom they have had unhappy love affairs.