second estate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of second estate
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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This second estate, an extension of land seized by King Henry III in 1265, encompasses 45,000 acres in England and Wales.
From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023
Durazo's second estate, in the Pacific resort town of Zihuatanejo, dubbed "the Parthenon," features decorative fountains, statues and marble-and-gold bathrooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
The voice of the warriors constituted a counterbalance, or species of second estate.
From An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem by Hosmer, William H. C. (William Howe Cuyler)
About half a mile beyond the second estate, you’ll come to a crossroad.
From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Eaton, Walter Prichard
"That a month ago Eric took over his father's second estate by the Immensee."
From Immensee by Storm, Theodor
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