Ancien Régime

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the Ancien Régime

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

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

    历史
  2. 2.

    Any other political system overthrown in the wake of the French Revolution.

    历史 引申义

    the Ancien Régime of Switzerland (1648–1798)

词源

Borrowed from French Ancien Régime, from ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794.

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