HyperDic: ancien_regime

English > 1 sense of the expression ancien regime:
NOUNgroupancien regimea political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
English > ancien regime: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution).
RegionFrance, French RepublicA republic in western Europe
Broadergovernment, authorities, regimeThe organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

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