regiment - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'regiment' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Regiment

[ n.]

- Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
- A region or district governed.
- A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.

2 . Regiment

[ v. t.]

- To form into a regiment or into regiments.

Meaning of 'regiment' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . regiment

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization

Example in sentence:

regiment one's children

Meaning (2):
- assign to a regiment

Example in sentence:

regiment soldiers

Nearby Words:

regain regal regale regaled regalement regaler regalia regalian regaling regalism

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