regiment
noun
a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
regiments
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pluralof regiment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof regiment (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
regimentnouna unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
Example Sentences
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The title Trooping the Colour comes from the "Colours" - the name given to the flags representing the different regiments in the British Army.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
The Household Cavalry is a union of the two most senior regiments in the British Army, and is divided into the Household Cavalry Regiment and the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
A tally of once-common British birds, Mr. Nicolson writes, “reads like a list of regiments decimated in battle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
In particular, women who’d been aviators, and women who’d worked as ground crew for Marina Raskova’s regiments, began to preserve their history and to tell their own stories.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
