legend

1. (uncountable) Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.Examples: "According to ancient legend, a Greek girl, partaking of saffron for an entire week, could not resist a lover."uncountable

2. A person related to a legend or legends.Examples: "I've lost my pen! —Here mate, borrow mine. —You legend."Synonyms: brickAustraliaIrelandNew-ZealandUKcolloquialcountableslanguncountable

3. (cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.Examples: "According to the legend on the map, that building is a school."Synonyms: guide, keycountableuncountable

4. (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.Examples: "Further clues are provided by milk-floats bearing the legend 'Lord Rayleigh's Dairies: A Family Business', and a number of signs indicating the whereabouts of various departments of Lord Rayleigh's Farms."; "[…]there were three small brass coins there, the gift of Ymar. Their legends, like their faces, had worn away; and they were dark with verdigris — in appearance precisely the ancient things they were."Synonyms: inscriptioncountableuncountable

5. (naval) The design and specification of a vessel.Examples: "The legend displacement on the basis then in use was 48,000 tons, the corresponding standard displacement as defined by the Washington Treaty being 47,540 tons."; "The legend and sketch designs were submitted to the Board on 27th March 1916 and, after examining a model and the drawings, the Sea Lords generally favoured proposal 'B'; the extra weight involved being acceptable."countableuncountable