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THIRD ESTATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does third estate mean?
• THIRD ESTATE (noun)
The noun THIRD ESTATE has 1 sense:
1. the common people
Familiarity information: THIRD ESTATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The common people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Commons; third estate
Hypernyms ("third estate" is a kind of...):
estate; estate of the realm; the three estates (a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
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