States General (English, name)
expansion: States General
Senses:
glosses: An ad hoc consultative assembly in prerevolutionary France uniting representatives of the three estates of clergy, nobles, and commons.
tags: historical
glosses: A similar assembly in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands.
tags: historical
glosses: A standing executive-legislative council in the Dutch Republic, consisting of delegates of the sovereign Dutch provinces, that functioned as a de facto confederal government and/or collective head of state.
tags: historical
glosses: The bicameral parliament of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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