third estate

English

Alternative forms

  • the Third Estate

Etymology

French

Noun

the third estate (singular only)

  1. (originally) The caste of commoners in France prior to 1789.
  2. (by extension) The commoners, collectively, in any society.
  3. (politics) The House of Commons.

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