Definition of regiment Regiment

/ɹɛˈʤʌmʌnt/ - [rejumunt] - reg•i•ment

We found 14 definitions of regiment from 7 different sources.

What does regiment mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: regiments
regiment - army unit smaller than a division
		army unit a military unit that is part of an army
Verb regiments, regimenting, regimented
regiment - assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers"
		delegate, depute, designate, assign give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
regiment - subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; "regiment one's children"
		command, control make someone do something
regiment - form (military personnel) into a regiment
		organise, organize, form bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

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Wiktionary

regiment (Verb)
To form soldiers into a regiment.
regiment (Verb)
To systematize, or put in rigid order.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

regiment (n.)
Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
regiment (n.)
A region or district governed.
regiment (n.)
A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.
regiment (v. t.)
To form into a regiment or into regiments.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

regiment
rej′i-ment, n. a body of soldiers constituting the largest permanent unit, commanded by a colonel: rule.—v.t. to form into a regiment: to organise.—adj. Regiment′al, relating to a regiment.—n.pl. the uniform of a regiment.—n. Regimentā′tion, classification.—Regimental district, the territory allotted to each regiment for recruiting purposes

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

regiment
A body of men commanded by a colonel, complete in its own organization, and divided into companies of infantry or troops of cavalry.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

regiment
In all modern armies, is a colonel’s command, and the largest permanent association of soldiers. Regiments may be combined into brigades, brigades into divisions, and divisions into corps and armies; but these combinations are but temporary, while in the regiment the same officers serve continually, and in command of the same body of men. The strength of a regiment may vary greatly even in the same army, as each may comprise any number of battalions. French and Austrian regiments have ordinarily four to six battalions. Among British infantry the smallest regiments are those numbered from the 26th upwards (except the 60th), which, unless serving in India, have 1000 men each, composing one battalion. Regiments in India have 1200 to a battalion. The largest regiment is the Royal Artillery, comprising 34,713 officers and men. The strength of a regiment, however, is changed from time to time; usually by the addition or withdrawal of private soldiers. In the U. S. service the strength of cavalry regiments is about 1200 men each, artillery about 600, and infantry about 500 each. The regimental system could only exist where standing armies were maintained. Accordingly the Macedonian syntagmata and the Roman cohorts were evidently regiments in a strict sense. During the Middle Ages, feudal organization precluded the system, and its first appearance was in France. Francis I. formed legions of 6000 men each, which were divided into independent companies, the latter being, in fact, battalions, and each legion a regiment. The word regiment began to be applied to bodies of British troops in Elizabeth’s reign; regiments are spoken of at the time of the Armada, 1588, and as composing the force in Ireland, 1598. From that time forward the army and militia of Britain have been organized in regiments.