| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | reg·i·ment |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r j  -mnt |
| NOUN: | 1. A military unit of ground troops consisting of at least two battalions, usually commanded by a colonel. 2. A large group of people. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: reg·i·ment·ed, reg·i·ment·ing, reg·i·ments
(rj-mnt )1. To form into a regiment. 2. To put into systematic order; systematize. 3. To subject to uniformity and rigid order. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, government, rule, from Old French, from Late Latin regimentum, rule, from Latin regere, to rule. See reg- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | regi·mental (-mntl) —ADJECTIVE
regi·mental·ly —ADVERB
regi·men·tation —NOUN
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