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legend

noun

leg·end | \ ˈle-jənd

Definition of legend

1a : a story coming down from the past especially : one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable the legend of a lost continent Arthurian legends

b : a body of such stories a place in the legend of the frontier

c : a popular myth of recent origin the legend of the Loch Ness monster

d : a person or thing that inspires legends a baseball legend

e : the subject of a legend its violence was legend even in its own time— William Broyles Jr.

2a : an inscription or title on an object (such as a coin) The quarter bore the legend "In God We Trust".

b : caption sense 2b The legend identifies the various parts of the illustrated anatomy.

c : an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart

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Examples of legend in a Sentence

I don't believe the legends I've heard about this forest. the legend of a lost continent He has become a baseball legend. The gravestone bears the legend “Rest in Peace.”

Recent Examples on the Web Man, myth, and legend are collapsed into one hip-heaving, acutely talented, blue-eyed soulster whose tragedy is preordained by the fact that his story still belongs to the man who bled it dry. — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2022 And her father is the late Indian music legend Ravi Shankar. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022 The title track, which features Jeff Beck on guitar, is out now, accompanied by a video directed by comic legend Todd McFarlane (Spawn, The Amazing Spider-Man). — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 24 June 2022 Pippen, the son of NBA legend Scottie Pippen, is a native of Los Angeles and attended Sierra Canyon High School. — Aria Gerson, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022 Marking the 50th anniversary of Title IX, tennis legend Billie Jean King sat down with Andrea Mitchell on NBC Nightly News to discuss the opportunities to make sports more inclusive for women. — Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022 Cleveland radio legend Jeff Kinzbach and his wife, Patti, have been living out of their RV and traveling North America since Jeff retired in 2020. — Jeff And Patti Kinzbach, cleveland, 22 June 2022 How Keegan Murray transformed from son of Battle Creek legend to Pistons' NBA draft target Contact Kirkland Crawford: [email protected]. — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2022 Brooks and his band played the song near the end of Friday’s show — the first of two nights at Rice-Eccles, on the country legend’s soon-to-end Stadium Tour. — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 June 2022 See More

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