1. (n.) A body of troops, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.
2. (n.) Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
3. (n.) A region or district governed.
4. (v. t.) To form into a regiment or into regiments.
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