Definition of regiment
1 archaic : governmental rule
2 : a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions
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Origin and Etymology of regiment
Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin regimentum, alteration of Latin regimen
First Known Use: 14th century
Definition of regiment
transitive verb
1 : to form into or assign to a regiment
2a : to organize rigidly especially for the sake of regulation or control regiment an entire countryb : to subject to order or uniformity
Examples of regiment in a Sentence
They carefully regiment their son's diet.
She criticized the way the school regiments its students by having strict rules.
1617
First Known Use of regiment
1617
REGIMENT Defined for English Language Learners
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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
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: to control the behavior of (people) strictly
REGIMENT Defined for Kids
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: a military unit made up usually of a number of battalions
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