third estate

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And now the fencing has come to the Supreme Court, to the third estate.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2022

The term had a special resonance with his Francophone audience because it recalled the third estate, “tiers-état,” of the French Revolution.

From Time • Aug. 26, 2015

The representatives of the third estate declare themselves a 'National Assembly.'

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

In spite of the king's commands the representatives of the third estate refused to organize themselves in the old way as a separate order.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

The first defections from the ranks of the aristocracy were made on the 13th of June, when three cur�s of Poitou took their seats with the third estate.

From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by Walton, William