Regiment Meaning
/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.
nounRule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.
Sentence Examples
Who's the regiment commander?
Which regiment were you in?
The twelfth infantry regiment suffered great losses during this skirmish.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The colonel commanded his trusted ____ to follow every order without question.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ marched through the town in full dress uniform to mark the anniversary of the battle.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French regement, régiment, and its source, Late Latin regimentum (“direction for government; course of medical treatment”), from Latin regō (“rule”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It was an old, withered man, who had served the Government in the days of the Mutiny as a native officer in a newly raised cavalry regiment."
— 1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter III, in Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 65:
"As the prime minister insisted that he had "never told a lie" in his life, the Tory leader attacked him for ordering Scottish troops into battle with no warning that their regiments would be disbanded."
— 2005 April 28, Nicholas Watt, Michael White, The Guardian:
"Then loyall loue had royall regiment,
And each vnto his luſt did make a lawe,
From all forbidden things his liking to withdraw."
— 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 116:
"But this it is that doth excruciate
The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule:
To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake
And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name,
Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, […]"
— c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
"Nature that fram’d vs of foure Elements,
Warring within our breaſts for regiment,
Doth teach vs all to haue aſpyring minds:"
— c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The colonel commanded his trusted ____ to follow every order without question.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ marched through the town in full dress uniform to mark the anniversary of the battle.