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.

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

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