third estate
Example Sentences
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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 wanted civil liberty above all; political liberty came second only, as a means and guarantee for the former.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various
A great part of the third estate lived in the country and tilled the soil.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
The third estate, formerly hardly recognized as having an existence, is becoming the controlling power in most of those ancient communities.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.
