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reg·i·ment I. \ˈrejəmənt sometimes -jm-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin regimentum, from Latin regere to rule + -mentum -ment 1. a. : governmental rule b. obsolete : regimen 2, regime 2a 2. obsolete a. : rulership, governorship; also : the period of a particular reign b. : governance, management, guidance c. : a region or district governed 3. : a body of soldiers commanded by a colonel and consisting of a variable number of companies, troops, or batteries: as a. : a parent military organization that may include many battalions or other units which rarely serve together but share a common history, traditions, uniforms, and other matters b. : a military unit composed basically of a headquarters and two or more battalions — compare group 4. a. obsolete : a group (as of dogs, birds, devils) forming a particular class or kind b. chiefly dialect : a large quantity < a regiment of company for Sunday dinner > < put up a regiment of peaches last summer > II. \-jəˌment, -j(ə)mənt — see -ment II\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. a. : to form (military personnel) into a regiment b. : to place in or assign to a regiment 2. a. : to organize into groups, classes, or other units especially for the sake of central regulation or control < regiment the industries of a country > b. : to subject to systematization or rigid discipline : reduce to strict order or uniformity < an education that regiments children > |