Main Entry:: leg·end
Pronunciation:: \ˈle-jənd\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English legende, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin, feminine of legendus, gerundive of legere to gather, select, read; akin to Greek legein to gather, say, logos speech, word, reason
Date:: 14th century

1 a: a story coming down from the past; especially : one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable b: a body of such stories <a place in the legend of the frontier> c: a popular myth of recent origin d: a person or thing that inspires legends e: the subject of a legend <its violence was legend even in its own time — William Broyles Jr.>2 a: an inscription or title on an object (as a coin) b: caption 2b c: an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart

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