Associations to the word «Regiment»
Noun
- Yeomanry
- Infantry
- Dragoon
- Cavalry
- Brigade
- Battalion
- Artillery
- Militia
- Gunner
- Division
- Aviation
- Squadron
- Army
- Tank
- War
- Troop
- Regiment
- Grenadier
- Hussar
- Fusilier
- Nr
- Soldier
- Parachute
- Officer
- Guards
- Devonshire
- Volunteer
- Staffordshire
- Lancer
- Highlander
- Adjutant
- Colonel
- Searchlight
- Bedfordshire
- Worcestershire
- Howitzer
- Warwickshire
- Quartermaster
- Platoon
- Rifleman
- Middlesex
- Reconnaissance
- Commando
- Nottinghamshire
- Royal
- Imperial
- Amalgamation
- Leicestershire
- Rifle
- Gloucestershire
- Barracks
- Lancashire
- Detachment
- Northamptonshire
- Vc
Adjective
Wiktionary
REGIMENT, noun. (military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units; now specifically, usually composed of two or more battalions. [from 16th c.]
REGIMENT, noun. (now rare) (archaic) Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority. [from 14th c.]
REGIMENT, noun. (obsolete) The state or office of a ruler; rulership. [14th-17th c.]
REGIMENT, noun. (obsolete) Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet). [14th-17th c.]
REGIMENT, noun. (obsolete) A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain. [14th-17th c.]
REGIMENT, noun. (obsolete) (medicine) A regimen. [15th-19th c.]
REGIMENT, verb. (transitive) To form soldiers into a regiment.
REGIMENT, verb. (transitive) To systematize, or put in rigid order.
Dictionary definition
REGIMENT, noun. Army unit smaller than a division.
REGIMENT, verb. Subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; "regiment one's children".
REGIMENT, verb. Form (military personnel) into a regiment.
REGIMENT, verb. Assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.