regular regiment

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regular
adjective
uk
/ˈreɡ.jə.lər/us
/ˈreɡ.jə.lɚ/
happening or doing ...
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regiment
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈredʒ.ɪ.mənt/us
/ˈredʒ.ə.mənt/
a large group of soldiers, or (more generally) any large number of things ...
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We believe that the part-time element, like its full-time colleagues, will benefit from full integration with aregularregiment.
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It is only in the last 140 years that aregularregimenthas been sent to the islands.
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Surely the role should be filled by aregularregiment.
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Then, if he is satisfactory, they allow him to go for a year as an officer in aregularregiment, again under a tremendous discipline, for another year.
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He commanded them for a year before taking command of hisregularregiment, and later a cavalry brigade.
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With gaps in regular regiments and serious shortfalls in specialists—signallers, engineers and doctors—the reserve forces are proving their utility.
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Of course, there would have to be further recruiting through the depots and regular regiments, in order to make up the casualties as the war proceeded.
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There were twenty-two regular regiments of cavalry, which supplied armoured and armoured car units.
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None are intended to mobilise as separate units, but rather to reinforce existing regular regiments.
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Some volunteers were attached to these existing regiments and some joined new regular regiments.
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The corps is made up of nine regular regiments and one volunteer (reserve) regiment.
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Eight of these regular regiments mutinied and two were disbanded during 1857-58.
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They were mostly made up of volunteers from the militia who had recently been permitted to join regular regiments.
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Although they were attached to the "comitatus" (higher-grade mobile armies), they enjoyed lower status and pay to the "comitatenses", the regular regiments of the "comitatus".
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Junot's cavalry units were provisional; these were dispersed to join their regular regiments.
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It was estimated that more than 5,000 men took part, some from regular regiments and many more came from the local militia, some from villages many miles away.
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In both world wars this has provided a huge bone of contention for regular regiments, where the exclusive esprit de corps is highly valued and safeguarded.
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