regiment
/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/ noun C1- A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.
Plural regiments
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At present, indeed, they were well supplied both with news and happiness by the recent arrival of a militia regiment in the neighbourhood; it was to remain the whole winter, and Meryton was the head-quarters.
Much had been done, and much had been said in the regiment since the preceding Wednesday; several of the officers had dined lately with their uncle; a private had been flogged; and it had actually been hinted that Colonel Forster was going to be married.
It was the last of the regiment’s stay in Meryton, and all the young ladies in the neighbourhood were drooping apace.
“I am sure,” said she, “I cried for two days together when Colonel Miller’s regiment went away.
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