Regiment

Word REGIMENT
Character 8
Hyphenation reg i ment
Pronunciations /ˈɹɛdʒɪmənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Regiment"

What do we mean by regiment?

A military unit of ground troops consisting of at least two battalions, usually commanded by a colonel. noun

A large group of people. noun

To form (troops) into a regiment or regiments. transitive verb

To put (things) into systematic order. transitive verb

To subject (people) to strict control and rigid order. transitive verb

To form into a regiment or into regiments with proper officers; hence, to organize: bring under a definite system of command, authority, or interdependence.

Rule; government; authority. noun

A district ruled; a kingdom. noun

Rule of diet; regimen. noun

Milit., a body of soldiers, consisting of one or more battalions of infantry, or of several squadrons of cavalry, commanded by a colonel, or of a certain division of artillery. noun

To form into a regiment or into regiments. transitive verb

To form into classified units or bodies; to systematize according to classes, districts or the like. transitive verb

To organize and manage in a uniform and rigid manner; to control with a strict discipline. transitive verb

Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen. noun

A region or district governed. noun

A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten. noun

A regiment organized for general service; -- in distinction from those (as the Life Guards) whose duties are usually special. noun

An army unit, larger than a company, but smaller than a division, consisting of at least two battalions, normally commanded by a colonel. Traditionally, multiple regiments are organized into brigades or divisions. noun

To form soldiers into a regiment. verb

To systematize, or put in rigid order. verb

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.

Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.

The state or office of a ruler; rulership.

Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).

A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.

A regimen.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Regiment

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The word "regiment" in example sentences

The Legion was therefore not equivalent to what we call a regiment, inasmuch as it contained troops of all arms, infantry, cavalry, and, when military engines were extensively employed, artillery also. ❋ William Smith (1853)

Army Cavalry regiment is a mechanized and not aviation unit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The artillery support for this regiment is called light … which means 57mm field guns, firing over open sights. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The goal with any fitness & health regiment is to maximize your RESULTS in the shortest amount of time possible, have fun doing it & reach your goals! ❋ Unknown (2006)

The picture above depicts the "Garnison" or Garrison in English regiment GRIII, which was stationed in Colberg, in Pommerania. ❋ Der Alte Fritz (2008)

NNN this case, the 290th Recon regiment is a Radar unit. ❋ Unknown (1995)

This regiment is mindful of the fact that in order to justify the confidence of those set in authority over us, it must strive in the future to measure up to an exacting standard of readiness. ❋ Unknown (1974)

On her own authority, she calls a regiment of which she is chief, to ❋ Various (N/A)

We accounted for two of the tin-plate men, and so many of the thing they call a regiment that the others took to flight. ❋ Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 (1920)

The regiment is nominally to be deemed a Michigan regiment. ❋ Unknown (1861)

An Indiana regiment is said to have fallen into the hands of a strong body of Secessionists. ❋ Unknown (1861)

I will never forget how a party came up and rescued us clerks of Oxford, as they called the regiment I belonged to, out of a cursed embroglio during the attack on Brentford. ❋ Unknown (1855)

To be a priest, under a "vow of obedience", was a very different thing to being one of his old saints travelling about from country to country, on errands of benevolence: as different as a soldier in a marching regiment is from being one of the seven champions. ❋ Unknown (1845)

Still, that's something that could be cleared up quickly with a long term regiment of sisal mat application. ❋ Graverobber (2010)

They came by a water route, the three great British regular regiments and two regiments of English American colonials, one regiment from the province of Northern New York and one from the colony of Massachussetts, to strike at Niagara under the command of General Prideaux, to wrest that stern old fort, wrest that queen of the inland waterways from the French and to draw their lines tighter and tighter around it; and as they paralleled and zigzagged and approached it, the thunder of their guns shook its foundation, though it was defended magnificently behind its battlements by the great French engineer who had built it, Captain Francois Puchot. ❋ Unknown (1934)

"grey" area - however the entire regiment is built on standards. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His face flushed, he pivoted on his heel and called the regiment to attention. ❋ Douglas Waller (2011)

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