regiment
pronunciation
How to pronounce regiment in British English:
UK [ˈredʒɪmənt]
How to pronounce regiment in American English:
US [ˈredʒɪmənt]
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- Noun:
- army unit smaller than a division
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- Verb:
- subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
- form (military personnel) into a regiment
- assign to a regiment
Word Origin
- regiment (n.)
- late 14c., "government, rule, control," from Old French regiment "government, rule" (14c.), from Late Latin regimentum "rule, direction," from Latin regere "to rule" (see regal). Meaning "unit of an army" first recorded 1570s (originally the reference was to permanent organization and discipline), from French. The exact number in the unit varies over time and place.
- regiment (v.)
- "to form into a regiment," 1610s, from regiment (n.). General sense of "organize systematically" is from 1690s. Related: Regimented; regimenting.
Example
- 1. It was sent to the 7th arctic aviation regiment of the 1st air division .
- 2. Another unit , the special reconnaissance regiment , was added to the special forces manpower .
- 3. He also outfitted the 1st regiment connecticut rifles , a volunteer regiment from his company 's home state .
- 4. Tony blair meets a member of the raf regiment after the memorial service . He was later snubbed by the father of a dead soldier .
- 5. The regiment was descended from the legendary fighting 69th , a historically irish unit that traced itself to the time of the american revolution .