legend
Other forms: legends
A legend is a larger-than-life story that gets passed down from one generation to the next — like the legends of Beowulf, Robin Hood, or even Big Foot.
Legend comes from the Latin legere, "to read." The Latin word was originally limited to written stories, but in English, legend lost that limitation. Often a legend lives on in the stories that people tell each other. A person can be a legend, too. Anne Frank is a legend for keeping a diary of hidden life in war time, and a less famous person, like a long-serving local teacher, can be a legend to neighborhood kids.
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a story about mythical or supernatural beings or eventssynonyms: fabletypes:Arthurian legendthe legend of King Arthur and his court at Camelottype of:storya piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
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a very famous person known for extraordinary accomplishments and influence
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brief description accompanying an illustration
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Vocabulary from "Beowulf" (translated by by Gummere).
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