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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REG'IMENT, n. [L. regimen.]
1. In military affairs, a body of men, either horse, foot or artillery, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel and major, and consisting of a number of companies, usually from eight to ten.
2. Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; as used by Hooker, Hale and others. [Wholly obsolete.]
REG'IMENT, v.t. To form into a regiment or into regiments with proper officers. [A military use of the word.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: army unit smaller than a division v
1: subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; "regiment one's children"
2: form (military personnel) into a regiment
3: assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin regimentum, alteration of Latin regimen Date: 14th century 1. archaic governmental rule 2. a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions II. transitive verb Date: 1617 1. to form into or assign to a regiment 2. a. to organize rigidly especially for the sake of regulation or control <regiment an entire country> b. to subject to order or uniformity • regimentation noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a permanent unit of an army usu. commanded by a colonel and divided into several companies or troops or batteries and often into two battalions. b an operational unit of artillery etc. 2 (usu. foll. by of) a large array or number. 3 archaic rule, government. --v.tr. 1 organize (esp. oppressively) in groups or according to a system. 2 form into a regiment or regiments. Derivatives: regimentation n. Etymology: ME (in sense 3) f. OF f. LL regimentum (as REGIMEN)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Regiment Reg"i*ment, v. t. To form into classified units or bodies; to systematize according to classes, districts or the like. The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units. --J. W. Powell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Regiment Reg"i*ment (-ment), n. [F. r['e]giment a regiment of men, OF. also government, L. regimentum government, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regimen.] 1. Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen. [Obs.] --Spenser. ``Regiment of health.'' --Bacon. But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day? --Marlowe. The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment. --Hocker. 2. A region or district governed. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. (Mil.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten. Note: In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into brigades. Regiment of the line (Mil.), a regiment organized for general service; -- in distinction from those (as the Life Guards) whose duties are usually special. [Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Regiment Reg"i*ment (-m?nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Regimenting.] To form into a regiment or into regiments. --Washington.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(regiments) 1. A regiment is a large group of soldiers that is commanded by a colonel. N-COUNT 2. A regiment of people is a large number of them. ...robust food, good enough to satisfy a regiment of hungry customers. N-COUNT: N of n

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