regiment

Meaning

Noun

1. A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units; now specifically, usually composed of two or more battalions.
2. Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.
3. (obsolete) The state or office of a ruler; rulership.
4. (obsolete) Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).
5. (obsolete) A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.
6. (obsolete) A regimen.

Verb

1. To form soldiers into a regiment.
2. To systematize, or put in rigid order.

Concepts

regiment

battalion

unit

organize

infantry

squeeze into a pattern

stereotype

army

battery

brigade

command

company

corps

division

garrison

group

platoon

post

sector

squad

vanguard

army unit

discipline

subjugate

institutionalize

array

rule

regime

systematize

constitution

systematization

sytematize

check

curb

keep down

keep in line

master

wing

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/

Etymology

From Middle French regement, régiment, and its source, Late Latin regimentum (“direction for government; course of medical treatment”), from Latin regō (“rule”).