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- proper noun historical The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the
Valois andBourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789.
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From French Ancien Régime, from ancien ("former") + régime ("rule, order"). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794.
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