Sekirov Dictionary

regiment

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/

noun 6
verb 2
forms 3

noun6

•
A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.
- It was an old, withered man, who had served the Government in the days of the Mutiny as a native officer in a newly raised cavalry regiment. — 1900
•
(no longer used) Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.
- What place is there in all the world, not subiect to the regiment and power of this citie? — 1576
(no longer used) The state or office of a ruler; rulership.
•
(no longer used) Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).
- Nature that fram’d vs of foure Elements, Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach vs all to haue aspyring minds: — 1587
(no longer used) A regimen.
•
(no longer used) A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.
- An auncient booke[…] That of this lands first conquest did deuize, And old diuision into Regiments, […] — 1590

verb2

•
To form soldiers into a regiment.
- The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units. — 1896
•
To systematize, or put in rigid order.
- The result was a tidy, law-abiding country, but one that visitors often described as regimented, sterile and dull. — 2015

forms

regimented · regimenting · regiments

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome