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reg⋅i⋅ment

  [n. rej-uh-muhnt; v. rej-uh-ment]
–noun
1. Military. a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.
2. Obsolete. government.
–verb (used with object)
3. to manage or treat in a rigid, uniform manner; subject to strict discipline.
4. to form into a regiment or regiments.
5. to assign to a regiment or group.
6. to form into an organized group, usually for the purpose of rigid or complete control.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF < LL regimentum, equiv. to L reg(ere) to rule + -i- -i- + -mentum -ment
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reg·i·ment   (rěj'ə-mənt)   
n.  

  1. A military unit of ground troops consisting of at least two battalions, usually commanded by a colonel.

  2. A large group of people.

tr.v.   (rěj'ə-měnt') reg·i·ment·ed, reg·i·ment·ing, reg·i·ments

  1. To form into a regiment.

  2. To put into systematic order; systematize.

  3. To subject to uniformity and rigid order.


[Middle English, government, rule, from Old French, from Late Latin regimentum, rule, from Latin regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
reg'i·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj., reg'i·men'tal·ly adv., reg'i·men·ta'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

regiment  (n.)
1390, "government, rule, control," from O.Fr. regiment "government, rule" (1314), from L.L. regimentum "rule, direction," from L. regimen (see regimen). Meaning "unit of an army" first recorded 1579 (originally the reference was to permanent organization and discipline), from French. The verb, with sense of "to form into a regiment" is first recorded 1617. Regimentation first recorded 1877. Regimentals "dress proper to a particular regiment, militaty uniform" is attested from 1742.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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