Lexic.us

Definition of Regiment

1. Noun. Army unit smaller than a division.

2. Verb. Subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization. "Regiment one's children"

3. Verb. Form (military personnel) into a regiment.

4. Verb. Assign to a regiment. "Regiment soldiers"

Definition of Regiment

1. n. Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.

2. v. t. To form into a regiment or into regiments.

3. v. t. To form into classified units or bodies; to systematize according to classes, districts or the like.

Definition of Regiment

1. Noun. (military) 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. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To form soldiers into a regiment. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To systematize, or put in rigid order. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Regiment

1. to form into military units [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regiment

regie regies regift regifted regifting regifts regild regilded regilding regilds

regilt regime regime change regimen regimens regiment (current term) regimental regimental sergeant major regimental sergeant majors regimental sergeants major

regimentally regimentals regimentation regimentations regimented regimenting regiments regimes regimina regiminal

Literary usage of Regiment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by Ulysses Simpson Grant (1885)
"A Chicago regiment, the 19th infantry, had elected a very young man to the colonelcy. When it came to taking the field the regiment asked to have another ..."

2. Publications by Mississippi Historical Society (1918)
"THE ELEVENTH MISSISSIPPI regiment AT GETTYSBURG. By BAXTER MCFARLAND, Aberdeen, Mississippi. Soldiers of the llth Mississippi regiment have known for over ..."

3. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1842)
"The recital of a middle of the river, a regiment of Irish dragoons, which were posted on a rising ground within shot of the fori], fired at him, ..."

4. Journal by United States Congress Senate, United States, Congress (1905)
"On this occasion, Henry, Duke of Norfolk, evinced zeal for the principles of the revolution, and raised a regiment of pikemen and musketeers, ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen (1885)
"He became captain in the 9th regiment in 1799, and in the same year exchanged into the ... He accompanied his regiment to Egypt, was promoted major in 1803, ..."

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