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regiment

regiment

77 6.2
A large group of soldiers made of several smaller units
  • 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • We're with the 3rd Regiment.

  • 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.

  • Colonel, your regiment is going to take the Anthill tomorrow.

  • The colonel reviewed the strategy with his regiment before the upcoming battle.

Synonyms

troops
vsregiment
∞ 2.0

Soldiers who work together as a group in an army

is an organized unit with defined companies and colonel leadership
unit
vsregiment
∞ 2.8

A group of people in an organization who have a specific job

is a military formation with several internal subunits
outfit
vsregiment
94 4.8

A group like a company or team that works together

is a formal formation with legal structure and fixed command level
military unit
vsregiment
20 2.8

A group of soldiers that does a specific task

is a specific size and command level within that broader grouping
army unit
vsregiment
16 2.5

A group of soldiers organized as part of an army, like a platoon or company

is defined by a particular size and colonel-level leadership
battle group
vsregiment
  • Specialized
11 4.7

A military unit made of several groups of soldiers formed to fight

is a regular formation with fixed size and colonel leadership
infantry unit
vsregiment
4 4.3

A group of soldiers who fight on foot

is defined by size and command across any branch, not just foot troops
military group
vsregiment
4 3.1

A unit of soldiers organized to do a specific job for the armed forces

is a formal unit defined by size and command, not just function
cohort
vsregiment
2 7.0

A group of about 300 to 600 soldiers in the ancient Roman army

is a modern organized formation defined by companies and colonel command

How Big

corps
  • Specialized
248 7.2
division
168 5.1
brigade
  • Specialized
101 5.4
regiment
  • Specialized
77 6.2
company
147 2.4
platoon
111 5.8
squad
662 2.4

Surface Forms

regiment singular
regiments plural

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.