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- Regiment - n. - Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
- Regiment - n. - A region or district governed.
- Regiment - n. - A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.
- Regiment - v. t. - To form into a regiment or into regiments.
- Regimental - a. - Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimental officers, clothing.
- Regimentally - adv. - In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally.
- 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.
- Regimented - imp. & p. p. - of Regiment
- Regimenting - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Regiment
- 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.
- Grenadier - n. - Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc.
- 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.
- Company - n. - A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.
- Horse - n. - Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot.
- Quartermaster - n. - An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
- Regimentally - adv. - In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally.
- Voltigeur - n. - One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry.
- Depot - n. - The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for.
- Decimate - v. t. - To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
- Regiment - v. t. - To form into a regiment or into regiments.
- Cadre - n. - The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
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