regiment

[rej-uh-muhnt, rej-uh-ment]

noun

1. Military.,  a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.

2. Obsolete.,  government.

verb (used with object)

1. to manage or treat in a rigid, uniform manner; subject to strict discipline.

2. to form into a regiment or regiments.

3. to assign to a regiment or group.

4. to form into an organized group, usually for the purpose of rigid or complete control.

regiment

noun

1. a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions

2. a large number in regular or organized groups

   regiments of beer bottles

verb

1. to force discipline or order on, esp in a domineering manner

2. to organize into a regiment or regiments

3. to form into organized groups

4. to assign to a regiment

Other Word Forms

• nonregimented adjective
• overregiment verb (used with object)
• unregimented adjective
• regimental adjective
• regimentation noun
• regimentally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of regiment¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin regimentum, equivalent to Latin reg ( ere ) to rule + -i- -i- + -mentum -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of regiment¹

C14: via Old French from Late Latin regimentum government, from Latin regere to rule

Example Sentences

During frequent spells of leave from his fashionable regiment, the Royal Horse Guards, he earned celebrity as an intrepid traveler and balloonist, and wrote bestselling accounts of his adventures.

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"It was such a good team to be part of. Flower and Strauss were tough, and that regime was very regimented, but we had the time of our lives there."

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Soon the fraying American regiments were being hounded south by west through New Jersey, and by Christmas Day King George’s troops had driven them across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania.

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Svetlana was given enough chores to occupy a regiment, from polishing all the family’s boots to making sure the horses that would pull the troika were properly shod.

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“They are very disciplined and regimented about when they stop using it.”

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