"Ancien Régime" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Ancien Régime [canonical]
Etymology: Borrowed from French Ancien Régime, from ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Ancien Régime}} French Ancien Régime Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|nolink=1}} the Ancien Régime
  1. (historical) The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789. Tags: historical
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  2. (historical, by extension) Any other political system overthrown in the wake of the French Revolution. Tags: broadly, historical
    Sense id: en-Ancien_Régime-en-name-Erpz4kW5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Monarchy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution): ancien régime (Finnish), Ancien Régime [masculine] (French), Antigo Réxime [masculine] (Galician), Ancien Régime [neuter] (German), Παλαιό Καθεστώς (Palaió Kathestós) [neuter] (Greek), 앙시앵 레짐 (angsiaeng rejim) (Korean), Ancien Régime [masculine] (Polish), Ancien Régime [masculine] (Portuguese), ancien régime [masculine] (Portuguese), старый режим (staryj režim) [masculine] (Russian), Antiguo Régimen [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'aristocratic system in France before the French Revolution': 48 52
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