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regiment

UK/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/US/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/
nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,805 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: regiments

A regiment is a large permanent unit of an army. A cavalry regiment, the regiment's colours, join the regiment.

It is the unit soldiers identify with and the one that carries a history, a name and traditions — battalions come and go within it. As a verb, to regiment is to organise rigidly, which is where regimented comes from. Note that the Latin means government or rule, from regere.

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Definitions of regiment

  1. 1nounregimentA large permanent unit of an army.B2+

    “Her grandfather served in the same regiment as his father and grandfather.”

regiment is a military unit.

Where it comes from

Latin regimentum means rule or government, from regere, to rule. Regime, regent and rector come from the same ruling.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *h₃reǵ-

  2. Latin

    regimentum — direction for government; course of medical treatment

  3. Middle French

    regement

  4. English, today

    regiment

From Middle French regement, régiment, and its source, Latin regimentum (“direction for government; course of medical treatment”), from Latin regō (“rule”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Military & Defence

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regiment in the wild

  • The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments.

    Royal Artillery

  • By the end of the 17th century, infantry regiments in most European armies were permanent units, with approximately 800 men and commanded by a colonel.

    Regiment

  • Part of the Scottish Division for administrative purposes from 1967, it was the senior Highland regiment.

    Black Watch

  • In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of a regiment in an army.

    Colonel

  • The Coldstream Guards is the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the British Army.

    Coldstream Guards

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the regement family

regimentregimental

regiment — used about once every 696 pages · #3,805 · point at the bar for the others