regiment

¹reg·i·ment

noun \ˈre-jə-mənt, ˈrej-mənt\

Definition of REGIMENT

1

archaic : governmental rule

2

: a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions

Origin of REGIMENT

Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin regimentum, alteration of Latin regimen

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Military Terms

bivouac, logistics, petard, salient, sally, supernumerary, tactical

²reg·i·ment

transitive verb \ˈre-jə-ˌment\

Definition of REGIMENT

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

— reg·i·men·ta·tion \ˌre-jə-mən-ˈtā-shən, -ˌmen-\ noun

Examples of REGIMENT

1. They carefully regiment their son's diet.
2. She criticized the way the school regiments its students by having strict rules.

First Known Use of REGIMENT

1617

Other Military Terms

bivouac, logistics, petard, salient, sally, supernumerary, tactical

regiment

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

In most armies, a body of troops headed by a colonel and divided into companies, battalions, or squadrons. French cavalry units were called regiments as early as 1558. In early U.S. service, as in European armies up to that time, the usual number of companies in a regiment was 10. Early in the 19th century, Napoleon divided the regiments of the French army into three battalions each, and in 1901 the U.S. Army adopted the three-battalion infantry regimental system.