Definition of regiment

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Regiment (n.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten..

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Entrain :: Entrain (v. t.) To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment..
In :: In (prep.) With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army..
Regiment :: Regiment (n.) Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
Busby :: Busby (n.) A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder..
Recruit :: Recruit (v. t.) To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men..
Regimentally :: Regimentally (adv.) In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally..
Adjutant :: Adjutant (n.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty..
Flank :: Flank (n.) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side..
Officer :: Officer (v. t.) To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits..
Regimenting :: Regimenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regimen.
Wing :: Wing (n.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army..
Regimentals :: Regimentals (n. pl.) The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense.
Vivandiere :: Vivandiere (n.) In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler..
Drum Major :: Drum major () The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers.
Royal :: Royal (n.) One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots..
Regimented :: Regimented (imp. & p. p.) of Regimen.
Zouave :: Zouave (n.) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65..
Regiment :: Regiment (n.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten..
Horse :: Horse (n.) Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot..
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