Ancien Régime
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See also: ancien regime and ancien régime
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French Ancien Régime, from ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794.
Proper noun edit
the Ancien Régime
- (historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
Translations edit
aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution
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French edit
Etymology edit
From ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French Ancien Régime.
Proper noun edit
o Ancien Régime m
- (historical, politics) Ancien Régime (aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution)