regular

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Customary, usual, or normal: the train's regular schedule.
2. adj. Orderly, even, or symmetrical: regular teeth.
3. adj. In conformity with a fixed procedure, principle, or discipline.
4. adj. Well-ordered; methodical: regular habits.
5. adj. Occurring at fixed intervals; periodic: regular payments.
6. adj. Occurring with normal or healthy frequency.
7. adj. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods with normal or healthy frequency.
8. adj. Not varying; constant.
9. adj. Formally correct; proper.
10. adj. Having the required qualifications for an occupation: not a regular lawyer.
11. adj. Informal Complete; thorough: a regular scoundrel.
12. adj. Informal Good; nice: a regular guy.
13. adj. Botany Having symmetrically arranged parts of similar size and shape: regular flowers.
14. adj. Grammar Conforming to the usual pattern of inflection, derivation, or word formation.
15. adj. Ecclesiastical Belonging to a religious order and bound by its rules: the regular clergy.
16. adj. Mathematics Having equal sides and equal angles. Used of polygons.
17. adj. Mathematics Having faces that are congruent regular polygons and congruent polyhedral angles. Used of polyhedrons.
18. adj. Belonging to or constituting the permanent army of a nation.
19. n. Ecclesiastical A member of the clergy or of a religious order.
20. n. A soldier belonging to a regular army.
21. n. A dependable loyal person: one of the party regulars.
22. n. A clothing size designed for persons of average height.
23. n. A habitual customer.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Conformed to or made in accordance with a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, type, or principle, to a prescribed mode, or to established customary forms; normal: as, a regular epic poem; a regular verse in poetry; a regular plan; regular features; a regular building.
2. Acting, proceeding, or going on by rule; governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in a course or practice; orderly; methodical; unvarying: as, regular in diet; regular in attendance on divine worship; the regular return of the seasons.
3. Specifically, in law, conformable to law and the rules and practice of the court.
4. In mathematics, governed by one law throughout. Thus, a regular polygon is one which has all its sides and all its angles equal; a regular body is one which has all its faces regular polygons, and all its summits formed by the junction of equal numbers of edges, those of each summit being equally inclined to one line.
5. In grammar, adhering to the more common form in respect to inflectional terminations, as, in English, verbs forming their preterits and past participles by the addition of -d or -ed to the infinitive; as nouns forming their plurals with -s or -es; as the three conjugations of French verbs known as regular; and so on.
6. Belonging to and subject to the rule of a monastic order; pertaining to a monastic order: as, regular clergy, in distinction from secular clergy.
7. Specifically, in botany, having the members of each circle of floral organs (sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils) normally alike in form and size: properly restricted to symmetry of form, as distinguished from symmetry of number.
8. In zoology, noting parts or organs which are symmetrically disposed. See Regularia.
9. In music: Same as strict: as, regular form; a regular fugue, etc.
10. Same as similar: as, regular motion.
11. Milit., permanent; standing: opposed to volunteer: said of an army or of troops.
12. In United States politics, of, pertaining to, or originating from the recognized agents or “machinery” of a party: as, a regular ticket.
13. Thorough; out-and-out; perfect; complete: as, a regular humbug; a regular deception; a regular brick.
14. A curve defined by the same equation or equations throughout.
15. Synonyms Ordinary, etc. See normal.
16. Systematic, uniform, periodic, settled, established, stated.
17. n. A member of any duly constituted religious order which is bound by the three monastic vows.
18. n. A soldier who belongs to a standing army, as opposed to a militiaman or volunteer; a professional soldier.
19. n. In chronology: A number attached to each year such that added to the concurrents it gives the number of the day of the week on which the paschal full moon falls. A fixed number attached to each month, which assists in ascertaining on what day of the week the first day of any month fell, or the age of the moon on the first day of any month.

Wiktionary

1. adj. With constant frequency or pattern.
2. adj. Normal; ordinary
3. adj. Obeying rules, especially rules of a monastery.
4. adj. Following a set or common pattern.
5. adj. Frequent or common
6. adj. Riding with the left foot forward.
7. adj. Exemplary; excellent example of; utter.
8. adj. Having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size.
9. adj. Having a healthy digestive system.
10. adj. (context 1) That every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
11. n. A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
12. n. A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
13. n. A frequent customer, client or business partner.
14. n. A coffee with one cream and one sugar.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical.
2. adj. 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.
3. adj. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized
4. adj. Belonging to a monastic order or community.
5. adj. Thorough; complete; unmitigated.
6. adj. Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape
7. adj. Same as Isometric.
8. n. 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.
9. n. A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. in accord with regular practice or procedure
2. adj. relating to a person who does something regularly
3. adj. (of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula
4. n. a soldier in the regular army
5. adj. often used as intensifiers
6. adj. occurring at fixed intervals
7. n. a regular patron
8. adj. conforming to a standard or pattern
9. adj. officially full-time
10. adj. in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
11. adj. regularly scheduled for fixed times
12. n. a dependable follower (especially in party politics)
13. adj. not deviating from what is normal
14. adj. symmetrically arranged
15. adj. not constipated
16. n. a garment size for persons of average height and weight
17. adj. (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces