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    THE THREE ESTATES

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rightsplay

    Synonyms:

    estate; estate of the realm; the three estates

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("the three estates" is a kind of...):

    class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum (people having the same social, economic, or educational status)

    Domain region:

    Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

    France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "the three estates"):

    first estate; Lords Spiritual (the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain)

    Lords Temporal; second estate (the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain)

    Commons; third estate (the common people)

    fourth estate (the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers)

    Holonyms ("the three estates" is a part of...):

    body politic; commonwealth; country; land; nation; res publica; state (a politically organized body of people under a single government)

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