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

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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

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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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