Meaning of Regular | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
2. Regulate.
3. A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
4. A member of the armed forces or police force.
5. Synonym of regular serviceman; a member of the Singapore Armed Forces who has signed on, i.e., chosen to work full-time beyond their required length of service in the military.
   Singapore
6. A frequent customer, client or business partner.
7. A character who appears in every episode of a TV series; a member of the regular cast.
8. A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
   Canada
9. Anything that is normal or standard.
10. A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
11. A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.
12. A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.

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Examples

“Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.”

“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.”

“This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars.”

“When it comes to regulars, some shows feature ensemble casts in which all the characters are more or less equal and the focus of the show shifts from one member of the ensemble to another from episode to episode.”

“You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees.”

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