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French régime Hist. 
n. the pre-British period in Canada; the period in New France before 1759.
- 1945 There had been little export of timber from the St. Lawrence under the French regime.
- 1966 Once Quebec fell it seems that everyone forgot about the gay, coquettish, dance-mad creatures remarked on by every traveller to Quebec during the French regime.
- 1945 There had been little export of timber from the St. Lawrence under the French regime.