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
Many of the cahiers of the third estate demand that no treaty of commerce should be entered into without previous consultation with the industries interested.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm
The "third estate" was aroused and the States-General was summoned.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
The third estate insisted on the vote by head, the graduated abolition of privilege in all governmental affairs, a written constitution and union.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
