legend

IPA: ɫˈɛdʒʌnd

An unrealistic story depicting past events.
A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain.
A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.
A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records.
A person related to a legend or legends.
A leading protagonist in a historical legend.
A person with legend-like qualities, such as extraordinary accomplishment.
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.
A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
(numismatics, heraldry) An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
A musical composition set to a poetical story.
(naval) The design and specification of a vessel.
A male given name

Examples of "legend" in Sentences

Under the term legend the modern concept would include every untrue tale.
MARADONA the legend of football my most adorable football legend~ Full name: Diego
A final observation of the legend is the emphasis placed on maize (which is indigenous to the New World).
Just inside the legend is an encircling pair of olive branches, crossed and tied at the bottom but slightly apart at the top.
February 16th, 2010 at 2: 18 pm wildwilly1111 (I - Bank of America Merrill Lynch) says: cch sharpton, a legend is his own mind.
The term legend, of course, is a fairly flexible one in sports broadcasting, but The Shankly Years, the first in the series, boasted a font of great anecdotes about the eponymous genuine article.
Ms. BOB used the word "legend" to describe Ms. Elias, without knowing that Ms. Elias actually is a legend in the opera world, having performed at the Met 686 times since making her debut there in 1954.
It conjures the Orpheus legend from myriad oblique angles — the long, elusive Ashbery poem the mezzo-soprano sings (Kristen Hoff, showing a clear-stream tone and superb diction) gives snapshots of the story while questioning both its very essence and whether living on in legend is really living at all.