Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
REGIMENT
regiment
(noun) army unit smaller than a division
regiment
(verb) assign to a regiment; “regiment soldiers”
regiment
(verb) subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; “regiment one’s children”
regiment
(verb) form (military personnel) into a regiment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
regiment (plural regiments)
(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units; now specifically, usually composed of two or more battalions. [from 16th c.]
(now rare, archaic) Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority. [from 14th c.]
(obsolete) The state or office of a ruler; rulership. [14th-17th c.]
(obsolete) Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet). [14th-17th c.]
(obsolete) A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain. [14th-17th c.]
(obsolete, medicine) A regimen. [15th-19th c.]
Verb
regiment (third-person singular simple present regiments, present participle regimenting, simple past and past participle regimented)
(transitive) To form soldiers into a regiment.
• J. W. Powell
(transitive) To systematize, or put in rigid order.
Anagrams
• metering
Source: Wiktionary
Reg"i*ment (-ment), n. Etym: [F. régiment a regiment of men, OF. also government, L. regimentum government, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regimen.]
1. Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen. [Obs.] Spenser. "Regiment of health." Bacon. But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day Marlowe. The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment. Hocker.
2. A region or district governed. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. (Mil.)
Definition: A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.
Note: In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into brigades. Regiment of the line (Mil.), a regiment organized for general service; -- in distinction from those (as the Life Guards) whose duties are usually special. [Eng.]
Reg"i*ment (-mnt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Regimenting.]
Definition: To form into a regiment or into regiments. Washington.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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