regular
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noun
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 frequent customer, client or business partner.
"This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars."
4. A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
5. Anything that is normal or standard.
6. A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
7. 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.
8. 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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adjective
1. Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
"regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy"
2. Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
3. (of a polygon) Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
4. (of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
5. Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
6. Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
7. Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
"He made regular visits to go see his mother."
8. (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language.
""Walked" is the past tense of the regular verb "to walk"."
9. Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
10. Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
11. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
"Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps you regular."
12. Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
"a regular genius; a regular John Bull"
13. Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
"a regular flower; a regular sea urchin"
14. Isometric.
15. Riding with the left foot forward.
16. (of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
Synonyms
adverb
1. Regularly, on a regular basis.
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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