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Ancien regime   Listen
Ancien regime

noun
1.
A political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution).





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... wait for the roturier if he had not promised me a roti," said the Vicomte de Breze, with a pitiful attempt at the patrician wit of the ancien regime. ...
— The Parisians, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton


Words linked to "Ancien regime" :   government, France, regime, authorities, French Republic


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