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Noun: regiment  re-ju-munt
  1. Army unit smaller than a division, which can be divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions
    "The regiment was deployed to the front lines"
Verb: regiment  re-ju-munt
  1. Subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
    "regiment one's children"
     
  2. Form (military personnel) into a regiment
    "The new recruits were regimented into the army"
     
  3. Assign to a regiment
    "regiment soldiers"

Derived forms: regimenting, regiments, regimented

Type of: army unit, assign, command, control, delegate, depute, designate, form, organise [Brit], organize

Encyclopedia: Regiment