regiment

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun army unit smaller than a division
  2. verb subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization
  3. verb form (military personnel) into a regiment

Etymology

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

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