I followed, however, with many other officers who were in the same situation as myself, and succeeded in reaching Candahar in safety, where I found my regiment, and at once entered upon my new duties.
Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study In Scarlet
The regiment was stationed in India at the time, and before I could join it, the second Afghan war had broken out.
Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study In Scarlet
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Merriam-Webster
— a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions
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Macmillan
— a group of soldiers that can be divided into smaller groups called battalions and whose leader is called a colonel
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Collins
— A regiment is a large group of soldiers that is commanded by a colonel.
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regiments
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2 uses of ‘regiment’ in A Study In Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle