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regiment

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/

regiment noun: a unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.

Noun

regiment (countable and uncountable, plural regiments)

  1. (countable) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.
    • It was an old, withered man, who had served the Government in the days of the Mutiny as a native officer in a newly raised cavalry regiment.1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter III, in Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 65
    • As the prime minister insisted that he had "never told a lie" in his life, the Tory leader attacked him for ordering Scottish troops into battle with no warning that their regiments would be disbanded.2005 April 28, Nicholas Watt, Michael White, The Guardian
  2. (archaic) Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.
    • What place is there in all the world, not ſubiect to the regiment and power of this citie?1576, Abraham Fleming, translating Cicero, A Panoplie of Epistles,&bnsp;XXXIII
    • Then loyall loue had royall regiment,
      And each vnto his luſt did make a lawe,
      From all forbidden things his liking to withdraw.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 116
  3. (obsolete) The state or office of a ruler; rulership.
    • But this it is that doth excruciate
      The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule:
      To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake
      And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name,
      Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  4. (obsolete) Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).
    • Nature that fram’d vs of foure Elements,
      Warring within our breaſts for regiment,
      Doth teach vs all to haue aſpyring minds:c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  5. (countable, obsolete) A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.
    • An auncient booke[…]
      That of this lands firſt conqueſt did deuize,
      And old diuiſion into Regiments, […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 324
  6. (countable, obsolete) A regimen.

Verb

regiment (third-person singular simple present regiments, present participle regimenting, simple past and past participle regimented)

  1. (transitive) To form soldiers into a regiment.
    • The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units.1896, John Wesley Powell, On Primitive Institutions
  2. (transitive) To systematize, or put in rigid order.
    • The result was a tidy, law-abiding country, but one that visitors often described as regimented, sterile and dull.2015 March 22, Washington Post, Lee Kuan Yew, who led Singapore into prosperity over 30-year rule, dies at 91

regiment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

regiment in Hindi

army unit
बहुसंख्या bahusaṅkhyā, रेजिमेंट rejimẽṭ, पलटन palṭan

regiment in Tamil

படையணி

regiment in Marathi

रेजिमेंट, रेजीमेंट

regiment in Urdu

army unit
رجمنٹ rejimenṭ
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regiment in Bengali
রেজিমেন্ট rejimenṭo
regiment in Telugu
రెజిమెంట్
regiment in Malayalam
സൈന്യഗണം, സൈന്യവ്യൂഹം, പടവകുപ്പ്
regiment in Kannada
ರೆಜಿಮೆಂಟ್, ರೆಜಿಮೆಂಟಿನ, ರೆಜಿಮೆಂಟೇಶನ್
regiment in Punjabi
ਰੈਜੀਮੈਂਟ, ਰੇਜੀਮੈਂਟ
regiment in Gujarati
રેજિમેન્ટ, રેજીમેન્ટ, રેજીમન્ટ
regiment in Odia
ରେଜିମେଣ୍ଟ, ରେଜିମେଣ୍ଟ୍
regiment in Nepali
रेजिमेन्ट, रेजीमेन्ट, रेजिमेंट
regiment in Pashto
غونډ ǧwənḍ
regiment in Tagalog
rehimyento
regiment in Arabic
فَوْج fawj
regiment in Malay
rejimen
regiment in Indonesian
resimen
regiment in Persian
هنگ hang, رژیمان režimân, فوج fowj
regiment in Thai
กรม grom
regiment in Vietnamese
trung đoàn

Examples of regiment in a sentence

  • An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
  • The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
  • Without our staunch front line the enemy would have split the regiment.

All 40 example sentences with regiment

Forms of regiment

Noun
pluralregiments
Verb
third-person singular presentregiments
present participleregimenting
past participleregimented
pastregimented

Plural of regiment: regiments

Origin of regiment

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

Words formed from regiment

Phrases with regiment

Questions about regiment

What does regiment mean?
Regiment means a unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.
What is regiment in Hindi?
Regiment in Hindi is बहुसंख्या (bahusaṅkhyā), रेजिमेंट (rejimẽṭ), पलटन (palṭan). See Regiment meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is regiment?
Regiment can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce regiment?
Regiment is pronounced /ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/.
What is the plural of regiment?
The plural of regiment is regiments.

Words near regiment in the dictionary

  1. regime-changes
  2. regime-changing
  3. regimen
  4. regimenal
  5. regimens
  6. regiment
  7. regimentable
  8. regimental
  9. regimental sergeant major
  10. regimental sergeant majors
  11. regimental sergeants major

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Adapted from Wiktionary: regiment (page history and authors); regiment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regiment (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regiment (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regiment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regiment (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regiment (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regiment (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regiment (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regiment (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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