Ancien Régime
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See also ancien régime
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From French Ancien Régime from ancien (“‘old’”) + régime (“‘rule, order’”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794.
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- (historically pejorative connotations) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From ancien (“‘old’”) + régime (“‘rule, order’”).
[edit] Proper noun
Ancien Régime (no plural form)
- (historically pejorative connotations) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
