<noun.person> an habitue of the racetrack a bum who is a Central Park fixture
a soldier in the regular army
<noun.person>
a dependable follower (especially in party politics)
<noun.person> he is one of the party regulars
a garment size for persons of average height and weight
<noun.attribute> [ adj ]
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
<adj.all> his regular calls on his customers regular meals regular duties
(used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces
<adj.all> the regular army
(of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula
<adj.all>
not constipated
<adj.all>
often used as intensifiers
<adj.all> a regular morass of details a regular nincompoop he's a veritable swine
conforming to a standard or pattern
<adj.all> following the regular procedure of the legislature a regular electrical outlet
regularly scheduled for fixed times
<adj.all> at a regular meeting of the PTA regular bus departures
in accord with regular practice or procedure
<adj.all> took his regular morning walk her regular bedtime
occurring at fixed intervals
<adj.all> a regular beat the even rhythm of his breathing
relating to a person who does something regularly
<adj.all> a regular customer a steady drinker
symmetrically arranged
<adj.all> even features regular features a regular polygon
not deviating from what is normal
<adj.all> her regular bedtime
officially full-time
<adj.all> regular students
Regular \Reg"u*lar\ (-l?r), a. [L. regularis, fr. regula a rule, fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. r['e]gulier. See {Rule}.] 1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.
2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits.
3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.
4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.
5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug. [Colloq.]
6. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin.
7. (Crystallog.) Same as {Isometric}.
{Regular polygon} (Geom.), a plane polygon which is both equilateral and equiangular.
{Regular polyhedron} (Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are equal regular polygons. There are five regular polyhedrons, -- the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube, the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron.
{Regular sales} (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable on the day after the transaction.
{Regular troops}, troops of a standing or permanent army; -- opposed to militia.
Syn: Normal; orderly; methodical. See {Normal}.
Regular \Reg"u*lar\ (r[e^]g"[-u]*l[~e]r), n. [LL. regularis: cf. F. r['e]gulier. See {Regular}, a.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church. --Bp. Fitzpatrick.
2. (Mil.) A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural.
But Concorde still attracts its regular fliers, of whom some travel every week, and those individuals who are willing to pay the supersonic premium to arrive fresh. In addition, Concorde continues to attract a busy charter business.
After the car turns a year old, Turtle Wax Inc. recommends, a regular wax containing cleaners can be used.
Four days hence, on Monday, the regular winter conference of OPEC opens and all 13 members will begin the effort to take official action on the problem of runaway production.
The resolution calls for at least a 6-inch accumulation of snow on Christmas Day, followed by a regular snowfall each day thereafter, with a total of 60 inches or more by the end of the winter.
While Exxon said it will sell its new gasoline in both premium and midgrade unleaded, it shunned the "cleaner" formulation for the most popular and least costly grade, regular unleaded.
When regular fire crews were stretched thin all across the West, Army troops, and then Marines, were sent to Yellowstone.
Be sure to ask not only about regular call provisions but also about any special features that can trigger early calls, advises B. Daniel Evans, president of Fitch Investors Service Inc., a credit-rating company.
The New York Stock Exchange hasn't said when it will allow program traders to resume regular use of the DOT system.
GM said the buybacks would have the effect of "increasing participation in the net income of EDS and GMHE by the holders of (regular) common stock."
South Korea's National Assembly opened its regular 50-day session, during which it is to vote on a new constitution and revision of laws for a transition to full democracy.
In April, the average price of regular unleaded gasoline was 93.3 cents a gallon, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
School police officers sit in daily on the briefings of Compton's regular police to learn about gang-related incidents outside the schools.
The theory is familiar to anyone who uses an ordinary cordless phone at home: A portable handset communicates, via radio signals, with a small base station that's wired into the regular phone network.
The spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Army, the regular military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization, said office director Samir Khatib suffered facial bruises, but was in good condition.
What am I going to say, I'm a plumber?" Cost issues in insurance seem to erupt on a regular basis, accompanied by rising rates, angry responses from state insurance commissioners and threats by companies to drop out of the business.
"This morning we have our regular people, more familiar faces than we've seen in the last few weeks," he said.
The capital and energy intensive Komag plant consumes about 5 per cent of the island's power and is badly hit by the regular power cuts.
The resulting tax is compared with the taxpayer's regular tax liability, after certain credits.
I want her in a regular classroom with trainable, mentally handicapped children just like her.
There are strong contributions from such regular members as Andy Halliday as the evil, oversexed child; Arnie Kolodner as Gertrude's true love, Meghan Robinson as a gorgon of a mother and Julie Halston as Gertrude's best buddy.
Nynke Klick, an engineering company administrator who recently flew on a gray-market ticket from San Francisco to Amsterdam, says her treatment "wasn't any different from a (regular) discount ticket."
About half the special police force, formed by putting officers on four hours of voluntary overtime after a full eight-hour shift, went to augment regular patrols in the south-central area, where gangs are most active.
But if he takes the interesting deal to a potential Japanese client, the Japanese client turns around and convinces his regular Japanese banker to offer the same deal, and the Japanese banker gets the business.
If it's regular mail, it goes to a fan mail service for photos.
Each broadcast will also include satellite-fed contributions from "World Monitor TV's" news desks in London, Tokyo and Washington. Hodding Carter III will be the program's regular commentator.
The United States is assessed more than $200 million every year by the United Nations _ about a quarter of the regular budget of $800 million.
Unlike a regular mutual fund, shares of the MFS fund are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and must be bought and sold just like any other stock.
Minnesota's Republican auditor has jumped into the governor's race, taking advantage of allegations the regular GOP nominee invited teen-age girls to take a nude dip with him nine years ago.
It wasn't like a regular punch, just an arm and a fist coming through the air.
For example, rates on new short-term Treasury bills at the government's regular weekly sale fell to their lowest auction levels in nearly three years.