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 third estate in France was divided into the bourgeoisie and the peasantry and small artisans.
From History of Human Society by Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar
The representatives of the third estate declare themselves a 'National Assembly.'
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
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 William Milligan Sloane
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