regiment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun army unit smaller than a division
  2. verb subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
    • regiment one's children
  3. verb form (military personnel) into a regiment
  4. verb assign to a regiment
    • regiment soldiers

WordNet

Reg"i*ment noun
Etymology
F. régiment a regiment of men, OF. also government, L. regimentum government, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regimen.
Definitions
  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. ✍ In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into brigades.
Reg"i*ment transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Regimented; present participle & verbal noun Regimenting
Definitions
  1. To form into a regiment or into regiments. Washington.

Webster 1913