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noun reg·i·ment \ ˈre-jə-mənt , ˈrej-mənt \

Definition of regiment

1 archaic :governmental rule

2 :a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions

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There are African masks, Hopi Indian dolls, neon sculptures, whole regiments of toy soldiers, his father’s seven-string Russian guitar.

— tom sancton, Vanities, "These Thousand-Dollar Toys Are Not Just for Kids," 17 Aug. 2017
The attack, which occurred on the morning of August 9 in a suburb called Levallois-Perret, reportedly injured six members of the 35th infantry regiment.

— robert newhouse, Teen Vogue, "3 Teens Arrested After Posting Videos to Snapchat After Robbing Someone," 9 Aug. 2017
The regiment served from 1899 to 1956 and was based in Puerto Rico; it is described as the largest and longest-serving segregated Latino unit in U.S. military history.

— don stacom, Courant Community, "Construction To Start On Borinqueneers Monument In New Britain," 5 Aug. 2017
Two days later, the regiment, with Shaw at its head, led the fateful attack on Fort Wagner near Charleston, South Carolina.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "Civil War Hero’s Long-Lost Sword Was Hiding in an Attic," 17 July 2017
Robert Gould Shaw, the commanding officer of the first all-black regiment raised in the North during the Civil War is seen.

— Washington Post, "Sword belonging to commander of black Civil War unit found," 16 July 2017
Outnumbered two-to-one, the Americans formed a semi-circle with a regiment of about 950 Marylanders anchoring the right end.

— tim prudente, baltimoresun.com, "Dig may settle mystery into lost grave of famed Maryland 400 soldiers," 14 July 2017
Robert Gould Shaw, the commanding officer of the North's first all-black regiment during the Civil War, has been acquired by the Massachusetts Historical Society, CBS Boston station WBZ-TV reports.

— CBS News, "Civil War Col. Robert Gould Shaw's long-lost sword found in attic," 13 July 2017
Two decades later, the largest urban insurrection in American history occurred as Irish immigrants rioted against conscription; several regiments had to be dispatched from the pursuit of Lee after Gettysburg to restore order.

— nicholas m. gallagher, National Review, "America Needs to Reconcile Its Id and Superego," 11 July 2017

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Origin and Etymology of regiment

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

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First Known Use: 14th century

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verb reg·i·ment \ ˈre-jə-ˌment \

Definition of regiment

transitive verb

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

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

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House, who played the past two seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars, said his former team regimented anthem decorum.

— ryan wood, USA TODAY, "Packers stress national anthem's importance amid NFL protests," 17 Aug. 2017
What’s going on today is more controlled and regimented.

— scott travis, Sun-Sentinel.com, "South Florida schools search for new ways to find teachers," 21 July 2017
Everything is regimented, and that had Tierney worried about Nadelen early in Nadelen’s career.

— mike preston, baltimoresun.com, "Preston: For Shawn Nadelen, Towson 'is a good place to be'," 26 June 2017
Brown had seen the drought as a means of achieving the aim of regimenting Californians to readjust their lifestyles in ways deemed environmentally correct.

— victor davis hanson, The Mercury News, "Hanson: The downside of Obama’s apocalyptic progressivism," 19 Apr. 2017

First Known Use of regiment

1617

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

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: a military unit that is usually made of several large groups of soldiers (called battalions)

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: to organize and control (something) strictly
: to control the behavior of (people) strictly

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noun reg·i·ment \ ˈre-jə-mənt \

Definition of regiment for Students

:a military unit made up usually of a number of battalions

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