regiment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a military unit made up of several smaller groups of soldiers

   The regiment marched at dawn toward the ridge.

2. 2
   verb

   to organize or control people in a strict and rigid way

   The school tried to regiment every hour of the students' day.

Simplified etymology

Regiment ultimately derives from Latin regere, “to govern or rule.” In late Middle English it originally meant “rule or regulation,” the same early sense as regime.

From Middle French regement or regiment, from Late Latin regimentum, from Latin regere, 'to rule'.

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