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Roman for 'more of us than you planned for,' now shorthand for overwhelming numbers.

means An immense, often overwhelming number of people or things, especially one implying organized force or multitude.

from From Latin legio, the basic unit of the Roman army — several thousand soldiers raised and organized as one body, from legere, 'to choose, levy, gather.' The word's leap to 'vast multitude' owes much to the Gospel of Mark, where a demon-possessed man declares 'My name is Legion: for we are many' — a line that fixed the word in the language as shorthand for countless, massed numbers, military order included.

original size
about 5000 Roman soldiers per legion
biblical cameo
demon in Mark says name is Legion, we are many
internet afterlife
became hacktivist group Anonymous's chosen name
grammar twist
used as adjective now, as in fans are legion
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