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ESTATES GENERAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Estates General mean?
• ESTATES GENERAL (noun)
The noun ESTATES GENERAL has 1 sense:
1. assembly of the estates of all France; last meeting in 1789
Familiarity information: ESTATES GENERAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Assembly of the estates of all France; last meeting in 1789
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Estates General" is a kind of...):
States General (assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from 16th to 18th centuries)
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