infantry regiment

collocation in English

meaningsofinfantryandregiment

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infantry
noun[U, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈɪn.fən.tri/us
/ˈɪn.fən.tri/
the part of an army that fights ...
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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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(Definition ofinfantryandregimentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There was one question on the largeinfantryregiment.
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The soldiers were capable of sedentary duties, but there are not many sedentary duties to perform in aninfantryregiment.
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I joined a famous lightinfantryregimentwhich did everything to the call of the bugle.
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A man joining aninfantryregimentexpects to be allowed to serve in that regiment, which is recruited from the district from which he came.
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There is a significantinfantryregimentof the line input into those brigades.
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Their task is to keep the aircraft flying, and they will never have the time to train up to the standard of aninfantryregiment.
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Then, owing to the shortage of infantrymen, he was transferred to aninfantryregiment.
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I was a volunteer—in the last century as well as in this—in aninfantryregiment.
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I served with aninfantryregiment, and on the staff as well.
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At present, one can hardly pick up a newspaper without seeing a reference to the disbandment of a distinguishedinfantryregiment.
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That is achieved much more easily within the framework of aninfantryregiment.
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In the course of this period he was attached to anotherinfantryregimentin a reinforcement and training division.
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Yet he toyed with the suggestion of a largeinfantryregiment.
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Thus, any deficiency of strength in aninfantryregimentcan only be borne by the infantry battalion at home.
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After all, the standard of an ordinary lineinfantryregimentis not a very high one, as anyone who has served in one of these regiments will admit.
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Army personnel statistics relating to individual regiments are being updated and a statistical analysis of eachinfantryregimentis not readily available.
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I wonder whether it will be possible for aninfantryregimentin that position to recruit men over the establishment as a temporary measure while there is a shortage.
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He led aninfantryregimentand later a cavalry regiment.
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He failed a medical examination, however, which prevented him from entering the school and was assigned to aninfantryregimentinstead.
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The prison became a barracks with the arrival of the 70thinfantryregimentbetween 1876 and 1877.
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