Regiment

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen. [Obs.] Spenser. "Regiment of health." Bacon. But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day Marlowe. The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment. Hocker.

2. A region or district governed. [Obs.] Spenser.

3. A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To form into a regiment or into regiments. Washington.