Ancien Régime
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See also ancien régime
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowing from French Ancien Régime, from ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794.
Proper noun [edit]
- (historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”).
