regimentals

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the uniform and insignia of a soldier's regiment; a plural-only and often historical noun

   The portrait shows the officer in full regimentals with his medals and sash.

A substantivized plural of regimental, originally meaning the things belonging to or identifying a regiment. Regiment came through French from Late Latin regimentum, 'rule or direction,' from Latin regere ('to rule, direct'); regimentals acquired its military-clothing sense in the eighteenth century.

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