¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Regulators
1. regulator [n] - See also: regulator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regulators
Literary usage of Regulators
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Tryon headed an expedition against the regulators in N. Carolina,—insurgents in
the west ... 1833 Hence originated the institution called the regulators, ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Damper regulators may be divided into four general classes: 1. Steam-actuated
regulators, where the motion of a diaphragm under variation of steam pressure ..."
3. A Treatise on Metallurgy: Comprising Mining, and General and Particular by Frederick Overman (1865)
"+ 20 X 20 o regulators of Blast.—Piston blowers do not form a blast of uniform
density; but as this is,1 in most cases, of the utmost importance, ..."
4. Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which by James Handasyd Perkins, John Mason Peck (1857)
"It was taken by storm, with the loss of one of the regulators, and three of the
rogues, killed in the assault The residue of the latter were taken prisoners ..."
5. A History of Illinois, from Its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847 by Thomas Ford, James Shields (1854)
"CHAPTER XIV Riots in Massac county in 1846—Robbery in Pope county—The regulators—Their
proceedings—Arrests made by them—The torture and confession of their ..."
Other Resources:
