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 diet now advanced to the work of framing a constitution; while the representatives of the third estate were, in the meanwhile, admitted to a seat in the assembly.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
Tiers �tat, tyārz ā-t�′, n. the third estate of the realm, the common people in relation to political power.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
In the Constituent Assembly its members did not number more than 30 out of the 578 of the third estate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
