Definitions for legend

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legend leg·end

Spelling: [lej-uh nd]

IPA: /ˈlɛdʒ ənd/

Legend is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in legend (deegln).

Definitions for legend

noun

1. a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
2. the body of stories of this kind, especially as they relate to a particular people, group, or clan:
3. an inscription, especially on a coat of arms, on a monument, under a picture, or the like.
4. a table on a map, chart, or the like, listing and explaining the symbols used. Compare key1 (def 8).
5. Numismatics. inscription (def 8).
6. a collection of stories about an admirable person.
7. a person who is the center of such stories:
8. Archaic. a story of the life of a saint, especially one stressing the miraculous or unrecorded deeds of the saint.
9. Obsolete. a collection of such stories or stories like them.

Origin of legend

1300-50; 1900-05 for def 4; Middle English legende written account of a saint's life Medieval Latin legenda literally, (lesson) to be read, noun use of feminine of Latin legendus, gerund of l

Examples for legend

Founded by German monks in present-day Old Town Stockholm, Zum Franziskaner has become a legend amongst locals and tourists.

Without proof of this kind, the story of the lost legions is just a legend.

The other, and even more popular, legend is that of "The Harmonious Blacksmith."

That, too, is the test for Cadillac—to resuscitate a legend.

The last straw was when Congressman John Lewis—the Civil Rights legend—came out in support of Hillary Clinton in October 2007.

Enter the first division, and a legend at your feet indicated the ten-cent territory.

She was also an autodidact, an illegitimate girl from the provinces whose intelligence became the stuff of legend.

True child of Alsace, he revelled in local folklore and legend.

Then, too, there was quite a legend attached to this pretty girl.

The "accursed" gold of legend is often dragon-guarded and placed under a spell.