regiment
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
regiment
▶noun /ˈrɛdʒɪm(ə)nt/
- 1 a permanent unit of an army, typically divided into several smaller units and often into two battalions.
- 2 a large number of people or things.
- 3 archaic rule or government.
– derivatives
regimental adjective,
regimentally adverb,
regimentation noun.
regimental adjective,
regimentally adverb,
regimentation noun.
– origin ME: via OFr. from late L. regimentum ‘rule’, from regere ‘to rule’.
'regiment' also found in these Oxford entries:
armourer
- captain general
- chaplain
- colour
- colour sergeant
- evzone
- fugleman
- grenadier
- guardsman
- guidon
- Gurkha
- hussar
- impi
- lance bombardier
- lancer
- Life Guards
- Queen's colour
- regimental colour
- regimentals
- Regt
- sergeant major
- squadron
- standard-bearer
- troop
- trumpet major
- UDR
