regiment
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈrɛdʒɪmənt/
- Specialized
:
regimiento
- At the cry of "Attention!" the regiment snapped to order as one man.
- infantry regiment
- a regiment of battalions
- army regiment
And I rejoined and three days I was back in the regiment.
- And I rejoined and three days I was back in the regiment.
- He stood on the balcony of a building and he addressed that regiment.
- So we were direct support to SASSBS&SRRSRR;, Special Reconnaissance Regiment.
- The Parachute Regiment is incredible unit for a foundation and well as a career.
- And then I went and went in processed the Third Infantry Regiment in Fort Myer, VA.
- We were leading Ranger Regiment to a target, target too big for us.
- Yeah, so, but we waited till we got out, out the regiment.
Examples
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When Sunday morning rolled around, Caudell joined most of the regiment at divine services.
Fiction book (1992) -
The governor is proposing to raise a regiment of Negro soldiers.
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So far, the men had been as healthy as any regiment could expect to be.
Fiction book (1990) -
I want it read in every regiment by this evening, or tomorrow at the latest.
Fiction book (1992) -
Known to my regiment as Billy Fish.
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We're with the 3rd Regiment.
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Company by company, the rest of the regiment moved off the road into the wilderness.
Fiction book (1992) -
I was in your father's regiment.
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Colonel, your regiment is going to take the Anthill tomorrow.
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The colonel reviewed the strategy with his regiment before the upcoming battle.
Synonyms
∞
2.0
Soldiers who work together as a group in an army
∞
2.8
A group of people in an organization who have a specific job
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4.8
A group like a company or team that works together
15
2.8
A group of soldiers that does a specific task
5
7.0
A group of about 300 to 600 soldiers in the ancient Roman army
5
2.5
A group of soldiers organized as part of an army, like a platoon or company
3
4.3
A group of soldiers who fight on foot
2
3.1
A unit of soldiers organized to do a specific job for the armed forces
2
4.7
A military unit made of several groups of soldiers formed to fight
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Regiment comes from the Latin root reg-, from regere, meaning 'to rule' or 'guide'. Long ago this idea of 'rule' came to mean a group under one command, so a regiment became a large, organised body of soldiers led and kept in order.