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Definition of legion : 1. A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, - from about four thousand to about six thousand men, - the cavalry being about one tenth.
2. A great number; a multitude.
3. A group of orders inferior to a class.
4. A military force; an army; military bands.

Synonyms:

swarm, troops, drove, big, cloud, body, server, division, ruck, emcee, army, gathering, flock, master of ceremonies, group, score, innkeeper, boniface, brigade

countless, ample, swarming, many, plenty, multitudinous, bounteous, numerous, crowded, abundant, thronging

great unwashed, mob, peasantry, commoner, mass, throng, populace, countryman, bourgeoisie, multitude, rabble, countrywoman, horde, bourgeois, crowd, proletariat, people, public, masses, host

Usage examples:

• My Name is Legion.
• And she came back with a very clever and powerful libretto, written by a young Algerian who knew Arab life well, and who had served for a time with the Foreign Legion. - "The Way of Ambition", Robert Hichens.
• The intelligent Christians, therefore, with a clear understanding of the Bible and the doctrines derived therefrom were not legion even among the whites prior to the American Revolution. - "The History of the Negro Church", Carter Godwin Woodson.