4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regiment \Reg"i*ment\, v. t.
To form into classified units or bodies; to systematize
according to classes, districts or the like
The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and
special functions are relegated to the several units.
--J. W.
Powell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regiment \Reg"i*ment\ (-ment), n. [F. r['e]giment a regiment of
men, OF also government, L. regimentum government, fr
regere to guide, rule See {Regimen}.]
1. Government; mode of ruling; rule authority; regimen.
[Obs.] --Spenser. ``Regiment of health.'' --Bacon.
But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But
perfect shadows in a sunshine day? --Marlowe.
The law of nature doth now require of necessity some
kind of regiment. --Hocker.
2. A region or district governed. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. (Mil.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery,
commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of
companies, usually ten
Note: In the British army all the artillery are included in
one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is
divided into brigades.
{Regiment of the line} (Mil.), a regiment organized for
general service; -- in distinction from those (as the Life
Guards) whose duties are usually special. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regiment \Reg"i*ment\ (-m?nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Regimented};
p. pr & vb n. {Regimenting}.]
To form into a regiment or into regiments. --Washington.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
regiment
n : army unit smaller than a division
v 1: subject to rigid discipline, order and systematization;
"regiment one's children"
2: form into a regiment, of military personnel
3: assign to a regiment, of soldiers
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