regular
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5.9
- noun
- /ˈrɛɡjələr/
:
soldado profesional
- The commander praised the bravery of the young regular who defended the fort during the battle.
- regulars and reservists
- army regulars
- British regulars
Examples
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Army regulars leave for Cuba!
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Fifth, the regulars would be deployed for longer periods of time than the reservists.
Academic text (1991) -
Yet we have operating against us for the first time a regular Army led by good technicians.
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That Army regular you got ain't gonna get what we need.
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Colonel, these guys are regulars!
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The senator, after all, is not someone who has himself faced a battalion of Chinese regulars.
Fiction book (1995) -
The study shows the replacements are a bit worse than the regulars: of course they are!
Blog text (27) -
The greater use of regulars, rather than reservists, also allowed the regular units to stay longer in one area.
Academic text (1991) -
With fixed bayonets, US regulars lead the way, pushing through the enemy's skirmish line.
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By early autumn 1990, Aoun retained only between 3,000 and 5,000 regulars.
Academic text (1991)
Antonyms
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6.7
A person with military training who is not on active duty but can be called to serve
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A solid with the same flat faces that are regular polygons and with all angles the same
- Specialized
A three-dimensional shape whose faces are the same flat shapes with all sides equal and equal angles between them
- Specialized
A solid shape with identical flat faces that are regular polygons like a cube
- Specialized
A solid with two equal regular flat shapes as ends and rectangular sides
- Specialized
A solid with a flat base with all sides equal and triangular faces that meet at one top point
- Specialized
A solid with four triangles, each triangle having three equal sides
How Professional
Surface Forms
Etymology
Regular comes from the Latin regula 'rule' and was used for soldiers who were part of the permanent, organised army that followed set rules. So a 'regular' is a professional soldier in the standing army.