regiment

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. army unit smaller than a division

Verb (3)

  1. subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization“regiment one's children”
  2. form (military personnel) into a regiment
  3. assign to a regiment“regiment soldiers”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Regiment \Reg"i*ment\ (-ment), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Regimenting.]

1.To form into a regiment or into regiments. --Washington. [1913 Webster] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2.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.[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3.To organize and manage in a uniform and rigid manner; to control with a strict discipline. [PJC]

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. [1913 Webster]

But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?— Marlowe.[1913 Webster]
The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment.— Hocker.[1913 Webster]

2.A region or district governed. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

3.(Mil.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten. [1913 Webster]

Note: In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into brigades. [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

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