'Legend' definitions:
Definition of 'legend'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Legend'
From: GCIDE
- Legend \Leg"end\ (l[e^]j"[e^]nd or l[=e]"j[e^]nd; 277), n. [OE. legende, OF. legende, F. l['e]gende, LL. legenda, fr. L. legendus to be read, fr. legere to read, gather; akin to Gr. le`gein to gather, speak. Cf. Collect, Dialogue, Lesson, Logic.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Any wonderful story coming down from the past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable. [1913 Webster]
- And in this legend all that glorious deed Read, whilst you arm you. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration. [1913 Webster]
- Golden legend. See under Golden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Legend'
From: GCIDE
- Legend \Leg"end\, v. t. To tell or narrate, as a legend. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'legend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventure story,
- adventures,
- aeronautical chart,
- allegory,
- ancient wisdom,
- annals,
- apologue,
- archetypal myth,
- archetypal pattern,
- astronomical chart,
- atlas,
- autobiography,
- azimuthal equidistant projection,
- azimuthal projection,
- banner,
- banner head,
- bedtime story,
- biographical sketch,
- biography,
- caption,
- cartographer,
- cartography,
- case history,
- celebrity,
- celestial chart,
- celestial globe,
- chart,
- chorographer,
- chorography,
- chronicle,
- chronicles,
- chronology,
- climatic chart,
- Clio,
- code,
- common law,
- confessions,
- conic projection,
- contour line,
- contour map,
- curriculum vitae,
- custom,
- cylindrical projection,
- detective story,
- diary,
- drop head,
- dropline,
- epic,
- epigraph,
- experiences,
- fable,
- fabliau,
- fairy lore,
- fairy tale,
- fairyism,
- fantasy,
- fiction,
- folk motif,
- folk story,
- folklore,
- folktale,
- fortunes,
- general reference map,
- gest,
- ghost story,
- globe,
- gnomonic projection,
- graphic scale,
- grid line,
- hachure,
- hagiography,
- hagiology,
- hanger,
- head,
- heading,
- headline,
- heliographic chart,
- heroic legend,
- historiography,
- history,
- horse opera,
- hydrographic chart,
- immemorial usage,
- immortal name,
- immortality,
- index,
- inscription,
- isoline,
- journal,
- jump head,
- key,
- Lambert conformal projection,
- latitude,
- layer tint,
- life,
- life and letters,
- life story,
- longitude,
- lore,
- love story,
- luminary,
- map,
- map maker,
- map projection,
- mapper,
- Marchen,
- martyrology,
- memoir,
- memoirs,
- memorabilia,
- memorial,
- memorials,
- memory,
- Mercator projection,
- meridian,
- Miller projection,
- Mishnah,
- motto,
- Muse of history,
- mystery,
- mystery story,
- myth,
- mythical lore,
- mythicism,
- mythology,
- mythos,
- narrative,
- necrology,
- nursery tale,
- obituary,
- overline,
- parable,
- parallel,
- personage,
- phenomenon,
- photobiography,
- photogrammetrist,
- photogrammetry,
- photomap,
- phototopography,
- physical map,
- political map,
- polyconic projection,
- profile,
- projection,
- racial memory,
- record,
- relief map,
- remembrance,
- representative fraction,
- resume,
- road map,
- romance,
- rubric,
- running head,
- running title,
- saga,
- scale,
- scarehead,
- science fiction,
- screamer,
- shocker,
- sinusoidal projection,
- slogan,
- somebody,
- space fiction,
- space opera,
- special map,
- Spiritus Mundi,
- spread,
- spreadhead,
- story,
- streamer,
- subhead,
- subheading,
- subtitle,
- Sunna,
- superscription,
- suspense story,
- Talmud,
- terrain map,
- terrestrial globe,
- thematic map,
- theory of history,
- thriller,
- title,
- title page,
- topographer,
- topographic chart,
- topography,
- tradition,
- traditionalism,
- traditionality,
- transportation map,
- undying fame,
- weather chart,
- weather map,
- Western,
- Western story,
- Westerner,
- whodunit,
- wonder,
- work of fiction