Ancien Régime

Etymology
Borrowed from, from +. The word first appeared in English in print in 1794.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.

Translations

 * Finnish: ancien régime
 * French:
 * Galician: Antigo Réxime
 * German:
 * Greek: Παλαιό Καθεστώς
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Ancien Régime, ancien régime
 * Russian: старый режим
 * Spanish: Antiguo Régimen

Etymology
From +.

Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1)   aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution