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
In this process he completed the work of the Revolution by exalting the third estate to ascendancy in the nation.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
Some of the more liberal of the nobles—Lafayette, for example—and a large minority of the clergy wished to meet with the deputies of the third estate.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
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
