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reg·u·lar I. \ˈregyələ(r), ÷ -g(ə)l-\ adjective Etymology: Middle English reguler, from Middle French, from Late Latin regularis canonical, regular, containing a set of rules, from Latin, of or belonging to a bar, from regula straightedge, rule + -aris -ar — more at rule 1. : belonging to a Christian monastic order or community : living under or relating to a monastic rule < the regular clergy > — opposed to secular 2. a. : formed, built, arranged, or ordered according to some established rule, law, principle, or type : harmonious in form, structure, or arrangement : symmetrical < regular verse > < a man with regular features > < a disciplined regular landscape > b. (1) : both equilateral and equiangular < a regular polygon > (2) : having faces that are congruent regular polygons and all the polyhedral angles congruent < a regular polyhedron > c. of a flower : having the members of each whorl symmetrical with respect to form : actinomorphic — compare irregular d. : having or constituting an isometric system < regular crystals > 3. a. : steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurrence : not subject to unexplained or irrational variation : steadily pursued : orderly, methodical < regular habits > b. (1) : returning, recurring, or received at stated, fixed, or uniform intervals < a regular income > < in the regular course of events > (2) : functioning at proper intervals — used especially of the bowels 4. a. : constituted, selected, conducted, made, or otherwise handled in conformity with established or prescribed usages, rules, or discipline < a regular meeting > < a regular election > b. : normal, standard, correct: as (1) : undeviating in conformance to a standard set (as by convention, established authority, or a particular group) (2) : being such without any doubt : thorough, complete, unmitigated < a regular scoundrel > (3) slang : like other good fellows in views and ways c. (1) : conforming to the normal or usual manner of inflection < regular English nouns take -s or -es plurals > (2) : weak 8a d. of a postage stamp : issued without restriction for the payment of all types of postage < the list included stamps of the regular issue as well as airmails, special deliveries, and commemoratives > 5. a. : of, relating to, or constituting the regular army of a state < a regular soldier > b. : constituting or made up of individuals properly recognized as legitimate combatants in war 6. usually capitalized : of, relating to, or belonging to the Regular Baptists 7. : of, relating to, or being a transaction on a stock exchange requiring delivery of the securities involved on the third full business day after purchase Synonyms: normal, typical, natural: regular may imply conformity to a prescribed rule, standard, or established pattern < a regular meeting of the society > < following the regular procedure of the legislature > < their action was made regular and legal — J.R.Green > normal suggests falling within the limits of a norm < if a boy has abnormal mental powers in some direction, combined with poor physique and great nervousness, he may be quite incapable of fitting into a crowd of normal boys — Bertrand Russell > < her intensity, which would leave no emotion on a normal plane, irritated the youth into a frenzy — D.H.Lawrence > typical applies to whatever shows to a marked degree characters or characteristics of a type, class, or group, sometimes to the exclusion of distinctive individual characteristics < peculiar to himself, not typical of Greek ideas — G.L.Dickinson > < until twenty years ago a typical English country town with wide High Street, narrow Market Street, picturesque Market Square, two ancient hostelries, fine old church, gabled almshouses — Compton Mackenzie > < what he had to do was to give plot and accurate delineation of character to the winds, make his personages typical rather than individual — Richard Garnett †1906 > natural describes whatever conforms with its nature, kind, or essence < the natural love of a mother for her child > < water as the natural environment of a fish > These words are often interchangeable and are often used together < a mode of thinking, a distinctive type of reaction, gets itself established, in the course of a complex historical development, as typical, as normal — Edward Sapir > II. noun (-s) 1. : a member of a Christian monastic order or community following a rule : one of the regular clergy < controversy between the seculars and the regulars > 2. : a soldier in a regular army — usually used in plural 3. a. : one (as a customer or contributor) that is regular especially in pursuing a fixed or recurrent routine b. : one that can be trusted or depended upon with assurance c. : a player on an athletic team who usually starts every game 4. : a clothing size designed to fit the person of average height III. adverb chiefly dialect : regularly IV. adjective Etymology: New Latin Regularia & New Latin Regulares : of or relating to the Regularia or Regulares |