third estate (English, noun)
expansion: the third estate
Senses:
qualifier: originally
glosses: The caste of commoners in France prior to 1789, as distinct from the nobility and clergy.
tags: singular
singular-only
glosses: The commoners, collectively, in any society.
tags: broadly
singular
singular-only
topics: government
politics
glosses: The House of Commons.
tags: singular
singular-only
Forms:
form: the third estate
tags: canonical
form: Third Estate
tags: alternative