legend
noun
leg·end
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Definition of legend
1a
: a story coming down from the past
especially
: one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable
the legend of a lost continent Arthurian legends
b
: a body of such stories
a place in the legend of the frontier
c
: a popular myth of recent origin
the legend of the Loch Ness monster
d
: a person or thing that inspires legends
a baseball legend
e
: the subject of a legend
its violence was legend even in its own time— William Broyles Jr.
2a
: an inscription or title on an object (such as a coin)
The quarter bore the legend "In God We Trust".
b
: caption sense 2b
The legend identifies the various parts of the illustrated anatomy.
c
: an explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart