regular Definition

regular
adj

1. Usual; normal; customary.

Thesaurus: conventional, customary, usual, routine, standard, ordinary, orthodox, traditional.
2. Arranged, occurring, acting, etc in a fixed pattern of predictable or equal intervals of space or time.

Example: visit my parents at regular intervals
3. Agreeing with some rule, custom, established practice, etc, and commonly accepted as correct.
4. Symmetrical or even.
5. Said of a geometric figure: having all the faces, sides, angles, etc the same.
6. Said of bowel movements or menstrual periods: occurring with normal frequency.
(originally US)
7. Medium-sized.

Example: a regular portion of fries
8. colloq
Complete; absolute.
Example: That child is a regular little monster
9. grammar.
Said of a noun, verb, etc: following one of the usual patterns of formation, inflection, etc.
10. military.
Said of troops, the army, etc: belonging to or forming a permanent professional body.
11a. ) officially qualified or recognized;
11b. Professional.
12. Belonging to a religious order and subject to the rule of that order.
(N Amer)
13. colloq
Behaving in a generally acceptable or likeable way.
Example: a regular guy
14. astron.
Said of a satellite: keeping to or deviating only slightly from a circular orbit around its planet.

noun

1. military.
A soldier in a professional permanent army.
2. colloq
A frequent customer, especially of a pub, bar, shop, etc.
3. A member of a religious order who has taken the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
4. US politics.
A loyal supporter of the party leader.

Derivative: regularity
noun

Derivative: regularly
adverb

Etymology: 14c: from French reguler, from Latin regula rule.