n. [ L. regius regal. ] An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. regibilis, from regere to rule. ] Governable; tractable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. régicide; L. rex, regis, a king + caedere to kill. Cf. Homicide. ] 1. One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng. Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The killing or the murder of a king. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -dores /plu>. [ Sp., fr. regir to rule, L. regere. ] One of a body of officers charged with the government of Spanish municipalities, corresponding to the English alderman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. Direct management of public finance or public works by agents of the government for government account; -- opposed to the contract system. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Specif.: The system of collecting taxes by officials who have either no interest or a very small interest in the proceeds, as distinguished from the ancient system of farming them out. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. Any kind of government monopoly (tobacco, salt, etc.) used chiefly as a means of taxation. Such monopolies are largely employed in Austria, Italy, France, and Spain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To gild anew. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Regimen. ] 1. Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system. [ 1913 Webster ]

I dream . . . of the new régime which is to come. H. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Hydraul.) The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform régime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ancient régime, or
Ancien régime [ F. ], the former political and social system, as distinguished from the modern; especially, the political and social system existing in France before the Revolution of 1789. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. regimen, -inis, fr. regere to guide, to rule. See Right, and cf. Regal, Régime, Regiment. ] 1. Orderly government; system of order; adminisration. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation; esp. (Med.), a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) (a) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government. (b) The word or words governed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. régiment a regiment of men, OF. also government, L. regimentum government, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regimen. ] 1. Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen. [ Obs. ] Spenser. “Regiment of health.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

But what are kings, when regiment is gone,
But perfect shadows in a sunshine day? Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment. Hocker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A region or district governed. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into brigades. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regiment of the line (Mil.), a regiment organized for general service; -- in distinction from those (as the Life Guards) whose duties are usually special. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]