Definitions of regiment

army unit smaller than a division
form into a regiment of military personnel
assign to a regiment of soldiers
subject to rigid discipline order and systematization regiment one's children
assign to a regiment regiment soldiers
form military personnel into a regiment
To form into classified units or bodies to systematize according to classes districts or the like
Government mode of ruling rule authority regimen
A region or district governed
A body of men either horse foot or artillery commanded by a colonel and consisting of a number of companies usually ten
To form into a regiment or into regiments
An organized body of soldiers under the command of a colonel
A body of soldiers ruled or commanded by a colonel and consisting of a number of companies or troops
Body of soldiers commanded by a colonel
Regimental
A body of soldiers commanded by a colonel
A body of troops under a colonel consisting of a number of companies
To form into a regiment or regiments
A body of soldiers consisting of a number of companies if infantry and of squadrons if cavalry under the command of an officer called a colonel
To form into regiments

Quotes of regiment

I was in the Square at the time The crowd was a most good -humoured easy going smiling crowd but presently it was transformed A regiment of mounted police came cantering up – Edward Carpenter
With two thousand years of Christianity behind him a man can't see a regiment of soldiers march past without going off the deep end It starts off far too many ideas in his head – Louis-Ferdinand Celine
I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers – George Armstrong Custer
On 24 August 1939 as an officer in the reserve I had to join my regiment in Potsdam – Hans Frank
A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Nature that framed us of four elements warring within our breasts for regiment doth teach us all to have aspiring minds – Niccolo Machiavelli
What are kings when regiment is gone but perfect shadows in a sunshine day – Christopher Marlowe
My Lords temporal today is the day to rise up against the regiment of Lords spiritual and proclaim the values of enlightenment compassion and common sense – Polly Toynbee

Usage examples for regiment

“ When the trouble begins I want you to go with a regiment of my own that I shall send to the assistance of my son Umbelazi so that he may have the benefit of your wisdom ” – Child of Storm by H. Rider Haggard
“ The usual routine on such occasions was followed after which the Prince addressed the regiment which had formed up close around the group of officers among whom he stood ” – Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by Edward VII
“ And if I've read it right there was one regiment which had money but no men ” – The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
“ Now if we could only both get such a commission in that regiment you can judge yourself how desirable it would be ” – Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James
“ Said one I sent the Regiment To safety as I fell ” – Rookie Rhymes by The Men of the 1st. and 2nd. Provisional Training Regiments, Plattsburg, New York.
“ Thither Mrs Tarleton resolved immediately to proceed in the hopes of meeting her brother who though wounded was still she heard with his regiment ” – Hurricane Hurry by W.H.G. Kingston
“ We were talking to the officers of another regiment when they began ” – London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Winston Spencer Churchill
“ The equerry sent to warn Fulvia had escaped from the back of the building and hastened to the barracks to summon a regiment ” – The Valley of Decision by Edith Wharton
“ Each bunch was the story of one regiment for a month ” – His Family by Ernest Poole
“ I could send Colonel Heyns and his regiment to Bulungan if your excellency so desires ” – The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
“ You have a fine regiment of soldiers there ” – The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier by Laura Lee Hope
“ He had never been so easy going and as long as he lived he had always reproached himself for having let his only son serve as a soldier in a cavalry regiment ” – The Son of His Mother by Clara Viebig
“ I read a history of the Black Watch first to make sure it was the best regiment in the world ” – Echoes of the War by J. M. Barrie
“ He's the pwettiest officer in the Regiment and I love him ” – The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. Dell
“ Does he belong to our regiment ” – Roger Ingleton, Minor by Talbot Baines Reed
“ You'll scarce find a Tory in the regiment he said beginning to be amused at my ignorance ” – Cardigan by Robert W. Chambers
“ What's going to stop the other people from sending a whole regiment along ” – Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss
“ I don't think you will get anyone to buy him in the regiment ” – Bonnie Prince Charlie A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden by G. A. Henty
“ Bob Bennett's always going where there's no need of it he said to a companion as he saw the last of the regiment disappear into the woods on the mountain side ” – The Red Acorn by John McElroy
“ I'd sooner be a private in a German regiment than a woman ” – The Project Gutenberg Plays of John Galsworthy, Complete by John Galsworthy