regular
Forms
- Comparative
- more regular
- Superlative
- most regular
- Plural
- regulars
Definitions
1.Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
- A quarter of a million strong in 1680, the clergy was only half as large in 1789. The unpopular regular clergy were the worst affected.
2.Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
3.Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
4.Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
1.A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
2.A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
- Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.
3.A member of the armed forces or police force.
- Boss, this is the situation. They were regulars in the army. They’ve left the army and are taxi drivers now. He was a commando and he was a state boxer. They don’t earn much and there’s no end.
4.A frequent customer, client or business partner.
- This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1486
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English reguler
From Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”)
From rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”).