Thesaurus: regiment

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1. n. Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
2. n. A region or district governed.
3. n. A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.
4. v. t. To form into a regiment or into regiments.
5. n. army unit smaller than a division, which can be divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions.
6. v. subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
7. v. form (military personnel) into a regiment
8. v. assign to a regiment
9. 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.] To form into a regiment or into regiments. Washington.
10. A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by acolonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.
11. v:5/n:95 n. army unit smaller than a division v. subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization v. form (military personnel) into a regiment v. assign to a regiment