regiment
Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
Obsolete. government.
to manage or treat in a rigid, uniform manner; subject to strict discipline.
to form into a regiment or regiments.
to assign to a regiment or group.
to form into an organized group, usually for the purpose of rigid or complete control.
Origin of regiment
1Other words from regiment
- non·reg·i·ment·ed, adjective
- o·ver·reg·i·ment, verb (used with object)
- un·reg·i·ment·ed, adjective
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How to use regiment in a sentence
They were also known to carry the longer sarissai instead of the sturdier xysta preferred by the heavy cavalry regiments.
The Mighty Ancient Macedonian Army of Alexander the Great | Dattatreya Mandal | August 4, 2022 | Realm of HistoryOf course, in spite of such impositions, many Cossack regiments did prove their value as regular cavalry divisions and reconnaissance units.
Cossacks: The Remarkable Military Settlers of Russia and Ukraine | Dattatreya Mandal | June 16, 2022 | Realm of HistorySome people might fare just fine and will be able to jump back into their old training regiment, while others will find that their athletic performance just isn’t what it used to be.
You miss your regiment, you get fined, you know, hey, 3 o’clock bus.
“This Didn’t End the Way It’s Supposed to End.” (Bonus) | Angela Duckworth | September 27, 2021 | FreakonomicsAs they take their patients’ biopsies, they are sending little cancer snippets to the CSHL to be grown into organoids, which will be subjected to chemo cocktails of various combinations to design more personalized regiments for them.
The regiment the child actors faced at Educational Pictures was extreme and included a “punishment box.”
No, instead of the global nomads, Sinatra filled his 707 with his regiment of musicians and his best local buddies.
He was in command of the regiment as he saw our comrades driven in.
The Real Memorial Day: Oliver Wendell Holmes's Salute To A Momentous American Anniversary | Malcolm Jones | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA regiment of United States lancers were drawn up in a hollow square round the Lethal Chamber.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTObama never served, probably never even knew how big a regiment or brigade was until just a few years ago.
Nearly half the regiment ran to secure their picketed horses, armed themselves in hot haste, and galloped to the gaol.
The Red Year | Louis TracyNo trail was so obtuse, no thicket so dense that members of that regiment would not track them to their lair.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThe total fresh troops amounted to about 500 men of the 73rd Native regiment and Spanish cazadores.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanHe commanded a regiment in the war of 1812, and was maimed for life in the battle of Chrystler's fields.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellTwo days before the Americans arrived a native regiment was suspected of disaffection.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
British Dictionary definitions for regiment
a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions
a large number in regular or organized groups: regiments of beer bottles
to force discipline or order on, esp in a domineering manner
to organize into a regiment or regiments
to form into organized groups
to assign to a regiment
Origin of regiment
1Derived forms of regiment
- regimental, adjective
- regimentally, adverb
- regimentation, noun
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