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Definition: LEGION OF HONOR |
LEGION OF HONOR1. An order instituted by the French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military. |
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Clever | The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expression using "LEGION OF HONOR": the legion of honor. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
legion of honor | 63 |
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| Language | Translations for "LEGION OF HONOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Swedish | hederslegionen (the legion of honor, the legion of honour). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-g-h-i-l-n-n-o-o-o-o-r" | |
-4 letters: nongolfer. | |
-5 letters: flooring, florigen, forenoon, honoring, horologe, longeron, longhorn, roofline. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 45 47 49 4F 4E 4F 46 48 4F 4E 4F 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000101 01000111 01001001 01001111 01001110 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01001000 01001111 01001110 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L E G I O N   O F   H O N O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0045 0047 0049 004F 004E 004F 0046 0048 004F 004E 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4639414349482494024249484952 |
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