Arab Legion

American  

noun

1. a police force (1920–56) under British supervision, responsible for keeping order among desert tribesmen in Trans-Jordan.

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Example Sentences

Another international touch in Sert: it is thought to have become the home to possibly of thousands of retired mercenaries from Chad, part of the Islamic Arab Legion Gaddafi funded in 1980s, according to McGregor.

From Time • Mar. 4, 2011

Arriving at the Sea itself, you find two or three simple buildings, where a British officer of the Arab Legion presides over the “Dead Sea Fleet.”

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955

The Arabs, under Brigadier Glubb, formerly of the British Army but now ranking as an officer of the Arab Legion, immediately began to shell the ancient Jewish quarter, which was isolated in the Old City.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955

Jordan scrapes along largely on British handouts, and glories chiefly in its 15,000-man, British-officered Arab Legion, best army in the Arab world.

From Time Magazine Archive

"But at this rate, it'll still take a month for us to equal the Arab Legion in Tamanrasset."

From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack